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First Mover Asia: Metaverse ETFs Are Underperforming Gaming ETFs; Cryptos Return to the Red

Public interest continues to grow about the metaverse, but not as much in metaverse ETFs. Does crypto belong in everything?

A scene from inside Decentral Games' metaverse casino. (Eli Tan/CoinDesk)

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OKX Exec on UST and Luna Crash, Bitcoin Outlook After 7 Straight Weeks of Losses

As investors still digest the disastrous fall of Terra luna (LUNA) and stablecoin UST, OKX Director of Financial Markets Lennix Lai joins “First Mover” to explain how it handled the crash and share his thoughts on what may happen in the industry and markets next. Plus, crypto markets analysis from Charles Allen of BTCS Inc. and further examination into the crypto crash from Chen Arad of Solidus Labs.

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First Mover Asia: Singapore’s Regulators Will Be Eyeing Local Crypto Companies After Terra Collapse; Bitcoin Rebounds

Terraform Labs, the Singapore-registered company behind the Terra protocol, doesn’t have a permanent office in the city-state; most major cryptos spent Sunday in the green.

Singapore (Lauryn Ishak/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Crypto Panic Eases, Bitcoin, Many Cryptos Seeing Green, Lessons Learned From UST Shock

“First Mover” dives further into the UST stablecoin debacle and its punishing impact on crypto markets. BTC, other crypto prices climbing but what is the outlook now? And what are the lessons learned? Joining host Christine Lee are Michael Coscetta of Paxos, which has a different kind of stablecoin than UST, and Benoit Bosc of GSR gives his markets analysis.

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First Mover Asia: Terra’s Planetary Collapse Is Taking Down Crypto Lending, Altcoins Plummet

Data suggests that many traders are moving their assets from DeFi platforms; bitcoin rallies after falling below $26,000 in Thursday trading.

DeFi risk concept crocodile (Getty)

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Kevin Zhou on UST's Roller-Coaster Ride and Where It Goes From Here

The Galois Capital co-founder foresaw the problems with UST, and joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” to discuss what could happen to it now.

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UST Meltdown Continues as Crypto Markets, Communities Suffer. Here’s Where Things Stand

Another 24 hours of painful losses in the crypto markets. “First Mover” discusses new details in the TerraUSD (UST) drama and markets analysis from Kevin Zhou of Galois Capital, Michael Gronager of Chainalysis and Martin Leinweber of MV Index Solutions.

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