PLUS: A day in the life of Binance’s head of law enforcement training – petty crooks, fake subpoenas, and dodging politically sensitive requests.
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Hovers Near $30.3K After Expected Correction. Retail Investor Enthusiasm ‘Likely to Increase’: Analyst
The rising flows into Toronto-based Purpose’s spot bitcoin ETF, which received approval by Canadian regulators in 2021, reflect strong appetite among retail investors for these types of products and are a promising sign for U.S. companies who have recently filed spot BTC applications with the SEC.
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Soars to One-Year High at $31.7K as Crypto Investors Savor Partial Ripple Victory
Ether and other major cryptos are swept upward in a banner day for crypto markets. PLUS: While the number of large bitcoin holders increases, bitcoin sent to exchanges continues to fall, writes CoinDesk’s analysts.
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Steady Over $30K as Inflation Data, Macro Issues Leave Investors Increasingly Unmoved
ALSO: Former CFTC Chair Timothy Massad told CoinDesk TV that regulatory agencies “don’t have to resolve” the stubbornly troublesome issue whether cryptos are commodities or securities.
First Mover Asia: Crypto Market Is on ‘Standby’ as Release of June Inflation Data Nears
PLUS: A Freely Convertible Yuan is a Requirement for a CNY Stablecoin
First Mover Asia: Individual Wallets Holding 1 Bitcoin Hit All-Time High as BTC Maintains $30K
PLUS: Binance.US has a free money problem, but there’s not enough trust in the platform to exploit it.
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Opens Week Defending $30K Support Level
PLUS: The dYdX Foundation’s Charles d’Haussy says that dYdX’s move away from Ethereum might be the beginning of a broader trend.
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Whales Are Increasing, but BTC Sent to Exchanges Continues to Fall. What Does the Trend Mean?
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Near $30K Remains Unmoved by BlackRock CEO Comments, Hawkish FOMC Minutes
PLUS: A candidate to become Thailand’s next Prime Minister owns bitcoin, ether, BNB and ADA. Here’s why the disclosure by Pita Limjaroenrat matters.
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Above $30.5K at the End of a Quiet, Long Weekend
PLUS: Dismissing the very real prevalence of Ponzi schemes in GameFi isn’t a good look for Web 3.
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Crosses $31K After Spot BTC ETF Issuers Begin Refiling
PLUS: The first half of 2023 has so far been very promising for crypto majors.
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Maintains $30K as Prospective Issuers Refile ETF Applications
PLUS: Japan is a regulatory success story when it comes to digital assets and Web3. But walking around the recent IVS Crypto Conference in Kyoto, one can’t help but feel that something is amiss.
First Mover Asia: Large Bitcoin Holders Content to Hold Long Positions Amid Regulatory Turmoil
ALSO: Bitcoin holds steady near $30.4K – unstirred by Fidelity’s filing for a spot bitcoin ETF and unexpectedly strong U.S. jobs and productivity data.
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Retreats, Quickly Regains $30K Perch as Investors Mull ETF Timing, Inflation
ALSO: Fast-paced, entrepreneurial Seoul ranked fourth globally in CoinDesk’s crypto hub series. Korea’s digital asset friendly, regulatory environment and a vibrant retail community have helped enabled the industry’s rising prominence in the city.
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Maintains $30K as ‘the Economy Isn’t Breaking Just Yet’
ALSO: Singapore ranked second in CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs survey. The city state raised billions through IPOs, weathered the collapse of homegrown darlings Terraform Labs and Three Arrows Capital and is now searching for the right regulatory balance to encourage crypto without getting burned again.
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Could Experience Price Turbulence as $30K Is Tested
ALSO: Venture capitalists and others have abandoned blockchain for the seemingly greener pastures of AI, but they may be falling for the hype of a technology that has yet to prove itself substantially.
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Opens the Week Above $30K Amid Rising Investor Optimism
ALSO: Ripple Asia’s policy lead praises Japan’s crypto laws that favor consumer protection. Rahul Advani said that the country has created “a very clear taxonomy for digital assets.”
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Surge May ‘Not Be the Beginning of the End of the Bear Market,’ Analyst Says
ALSO: CoinDesk Senior Research Analyst George Kaloudis offers a straightforward explanation of why BlackRock and other financial services giants want to offer a spot bitcoin ETF.
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Firm Above $30.1K as Investors Relish BlackRock, Other Spot BTC ETF Filings
ALSO: Crypto may enduring “a crisis of confidence,” but the recent filings for spot bitcoin ETFs by large institutional investors is a promising sign, said an eToro analyst.