First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Opens the Week Testing $25K

Also: Hong Kong will unveil its new crypto licensing framework for Virtual Asset Service Providers in June, but the regulation will not allow retail investors to trade digital, contrary to what a recent tweet suggests. The regulation focuses on accredited, professional investors.

• 2023-02-20
• retail investors Hong Kong CoinDesk Bitcoin

First Mover Asia: Kraken Crypto Staking Settlement Bedevils Markets as Bitcoin Lingers Below $21.9K

ALSO: CoinDesk analyst Glenn Williams considers the significance of "whales" sending bitcoin back to exchanges, while smaller investors remove it. Bitcoin falls below $21.9K.

• 2023-02-10
• retail investors Brett Sifling Gary Gensler SEC