First Mover Asia: Asia Stocks Open Soft, Bitcoin Jumps Past $30K on MicroStrategy Filing and Despite Fitch Treasury Downgrade

PLUS: Bitcoin dominance sagged in July, absent a compelling BTC catalyst, and as altcoins seemed to benefit from a partial Ripple court victory.

• 2023-08-02
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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Climbs Back to $29.4K; Crypto's Correlation With Tech May Return

An exploit of stablecoin exchange Curve Sunday could jeopardize more than $100 million in cryptocurrency. PLUS: What's behind Russia's mining boom?

• 2023-07-31
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Animoca Brands Invests $30 Million in Crypto Payments Application Hi

In order to perform KYC on its users, hi will soon utilize a Proof of Human Identity solution that helps prevent bots from transacting on its layer 2 network.

• 2023-07-27
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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Awaits Its Spot ETF in Absence of a Macro Catalyst: Crypto CEO

PLUS: At least one bitcoin price indicator suggests that BTC may be turning slightly upward soon, writes a CoinDesk analyst, while Tribe Capital's managing partner sees a DeFi "resurgence."

• 2023-07-26
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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Its Latest Foothold at $29.1K While Worldcoin Soars

PLUS: BTC's positive vibes may be waning as outflows from BTC investment products rose for the first time in weeks. But mining is in a better state than it was a year ago.

• 2023-07-25
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Ghost From the Well: Is Crypto Mining With Associated Gas Better for the Environment?

Oil and gas companies are keen to use gas that would normally be flared off to run bitcoin mining operations. But environmentalists claim the practice merely perpetuates the use of fossil fuels.

• 2023-07-25
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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Starts Week in the Red

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for July 24, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

• 2023-07-24
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Proposed Legal Reforms Aid UK Crypto Dreams – but Offer Scant Hope for Bitcoin Developers Sued by Craig Wright

A new Law Commission report doesn’t address legal concerns beyond token ownership, lawyers told CoinDesk.

• 2023-07-20
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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

• 2023-07-12
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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.

• 2023-07-05
• Yat Siu CoinDesk Animoca