First Mover Asia


Marchés

First Mover Asia: CBDCs Are the Hottest Issue in Florida Politics; Bitcoin Falls Slightly

PLUS: Cryptos were down as Asian markets opened, and investors try to figure out which narrative to believe.

Miami Beach (Antonio Cuellar/Unsplash)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Recovers From Fed Dip

PLUS: The MadLads hype appears to be over, although it hasn't dragged down the price of Solana.

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin’s Kimchi Premium Has Narrowed, but the Korean Market Is Proving Resilient

ALSO: A crypto markets analyst suggests that the U.S. central bank may not be finished with interest rate hikes, even if it raises the rate on Wednesday as expected.

Busan, South Korea (Getty Images)

Marchés

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Market Cap Is Surging, but a Retreat From $30K Continues

PLUS: Western crypto innovators with great ideas are eyeing the East for tech-embracing governments and fresh opportunities. A West-East partnership may be crypto's model for the future, the co-founder of Taipei-based Woo Network, Jack Tan, writes.

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Marchés

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin, Ether Open Asia’s Trading Week Flat

ALSO: Five CoinDesk journalists offer their takeaways from Consensus 2023. They found an industry still filled with optimism but also realistic about the challenges ahead – most notably about the regulatory uncertainty.

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Marchés

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Steady Above $29K as Investors Look Toward Next FOMC Meeting

ALSO: William Shatner, "Star Trek" star, releases an NFT collection and touts the potential of crypto in an entertaining half-hour discussion at CoinDesk's Consensus 2023 conference.

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Marchés

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Seesaws Wildly Before Settling Above $29K

ALSO: Writing about different sessions at Consensus 2023, CoinDesk columnist Daniel Kuhn considers the difficulty that the builders of decentralized finance (DeFi) and financial regulators are having in finding linguistic common ground.

Financialization means big directional bets and lots of leverage, propped up by a hype campaign. In crypto, those bets are often followed by a hard landing. (Creative Commons)

Marchés

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Breaks Its Losing Streak in Late Tuesday Rally

ALSO: CoinDesk's Pete Pachal and Daniel Kuhn outline important themes at Consensus 2023 conference, which opens Wednesday in Austin, Texas.

The upcoming Merge comes with some risks, says DappRadar. (ryasick/Getty Images)

Marchés

First Mover Asia: Crypto Flat as Markets Await Tech Earnings

ALSO: Although Do Kwon is in a lot of trouble, his lawyers have raised a legitimate issue about crypto regulation in the U.S, and the SEC’s quest for unlimited jurisdiction over the asset class.

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Marchés

First Mover Asia: What's Next After Bitcoin's Retreat

ALSO: CoinDesk columnist David Morris writes that Taylor Swift's avoided the embarrassment of striking a business deal with embattled crypto exchange FTX by reportedly asking the type of common-sense questions that should be part of any business negotiation.

Crypto analysts are pondering the market's next turn. (Musee Rodin via Wikipedia, modified by CoinDesk)