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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Is Upbeat Above $20K as Investors Grow Optimistic That Steep Rate Hikes Will Soon End; Kim Kardashian and the SEC's Publicity Grab

Crypto and other markets responded favorably to a surprisingly large decline in U.S. job openings, which offer the latest evidence of economic slowing.

Bitcoin and other assets rose on Tuesday. (Unsplash)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Busts Past $20K on Hopes of Fed Pivot

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Oct. 4, 2022.

Bitcoin surged above $20,000 on Tuesday. (Aaron Burden/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin Gains Momentum; Former SEC Branch Chief on Kim Kardashian’s Crypto Promotion

“First Mover” dives into crypto markets with Arca Portfolio Manager David Nage to explore reasons for the sudden rally in crypto and the broader markets. Former SEC Enforcement Branch Chief Lisa Bragança discusses the fallout for Kim Kardashian after the reality TV star’s $1.26 million settlement with the SEC over her promotion of EthereumMax. Plus, an update on China’s CBDC rollout.

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Climbs Back Past $19.5K Amid Fresh Hopes for a Fed Retreat; Binance's Failed Plan to Boost the Price of Luna Classic

The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization and ether both spent much of Monday in the green.

Bitcoin climbed higher in Monday trading. (Justin Lewis/Getty Images)

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SEC Charges Kim Kardashian for Promoting EthereumMax; Bitcoin Holds Above $19K

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has paid $1.26 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to settle charges relating to her promotion of EthereumMax. Plus, what do analysts expect from the crypto markets this month? “First Mover” chats with Anastasia Amoroso, iCapital Chief Investment Strategist. And Matthew Price discusses Binance’s new training program for law enforcement.

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Remains Above $19K as Long-Term Holders Stay the Course

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Oct. 3, 2022.

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Sees No October Rise Yet; the Dollar as the Protocol in the Future of Money?

The largest crypto by market capitalization was down slightly in the opening days of the historically strong month for its price.

October has been a historically strong month for bitcoin. (Alexander Spatari/Getty Images)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin to Post Sixth Straight September Loss, but LINK and UNI Manage Gains

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 30, 2022.

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Bitcoin Clings to $19K as August Inflation Is Stronger Than Expected

OANDA Senior Market Analyst Edward Moya joins “First Mover” to discuss his outlook for the crypto markets. Plus, the collapse of Terra in May left a vacuum in the Cosmos ecosystem, where Terra’s UST stablecoin – which was algorithmically pegged to the U.S. dollar – was used heavily across Cosmos’ interconnected family of blockchains. Now, with the help of the stablecoin issuer Circle, Cosmos is replacing code with collateral. Jelena Djuric, ecosystem lead at Cosmos Research, joins the conversation.

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First Mover Asia: IOTA’s Shimmer Joins the Race to Become the Next Big Blockchain; Bitcoin Seesaws Before Holding Near $19.5K

The unveiling of the Shimmer blockchain platform comes amid a flurry of such upstarts, each promising to be faster and cheaper than other protocols.

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