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First Mover Asia: Part of Singapore’s Crypto Allure Is a Sheen of Transparency. Is the City-State Changing?
22.3.2022
There was no apparent, clear explanation about a Singapore regulatory agency's decision to place crypto fund DeFiance Capital on an "Investor Alert List.”
First Mover Asia: Why Bitcoin Started the Week Slowly; Ether Rises
21.3.2022
Trading of bitcoin has been light as investors seem to be taking measure of an unsettled macroeconomic environment
First Mover Asia: Singapore-Based Gaming Company Razer Struggles to Pivot; Bitcoin Declines After a Positive Week
20.3.2022
The one-time, would-be "Apple of the Gaming World" failed in its attempt to secure a digital banking license and to reinvent itself into a lifestyle brand; bitcoin falls slightly but holds over $41,000
First Mover Asia: Taiwan's Surprising Interest Rate Hike; Altcoins Outdo Bitcoin
17.3.2022
A survey of economists expected the country with its soaring economy to leave the rate unchanged; avalanche and solana, among others were well into the green
First Mover Asia: India Crypto Investors Await Taxation Clarity; Bitcoin Rises on a Day of Big Price Swings
16.3.2022
India's crypto community is hoping to convince lawmakers to pare down part of the bill, which includes a 30% tax on income generated from crypto transactions; bitcoin soared above $41,000
First Mover Asia: China Equities Woes, Tensions With the US Have Barely Touched Bitcoin; Cryptos Climb
15.3.2022
Hong Kong's Hang Seng market has suffered through some of its worst days in more than a decade but have not seemed to affect bitcoin's price much; cryptos rose slightly as investors waited for the U.S. central bank's decision on an interest rate hike
First Mover Asia: A Taipei Executive Believes GameFi Can Fix Gaming’s Creative Drought; Bitcoin, Ether Are Flat in Light Trading
14.3.2022
See Wan Toong, the CTO of Red Door Digital, a Taipei-based studio building out Web 3 games, believes games can be creative and lucrative; bitcoin and ether are flat
First Mover Asia: South Korea Election Made Crypto a Big Issue, but There's No Guarantee of a Follow-Through; Cryptos Suffer Weekend Decline
13.3.2022
Both candidates made crypto an important issue to attract younger voters. It's not yet clear if the winner, Yoon Suk-yeol, will introduce legislation fulfilling his promises; bitcoin and ether were both in the red
First Mover Asia: India Loses Foreign Investment, Chinese Indices Continue a Downward Trend; Cryptos Suffer an Off Day
11.3.2022
The world's second-largest country by population has watched foreign investors flee for the last two weeks; bitcoin settles below $40,000
First Mover Asia: Signs Point Upward for Crypto in India and Korea; Bitcoin and Ether Soar on US Executive Order
10.3.2022
India's finance minister says the country will launch a central bank digital currency sooner than she'd previously indicated; cryptos rise as investors view the Biden administration's executive order as a positive development
First Mover Asia: Singapore's Strict Approach to Crypto; Bitcoin Rises Despite Investors' Jitters About War, US Executive Order
9.3.2022
Singapore's high standards may be discouraging some crypto companies from establishing operations in the nation state; investors were wrestling with the latest developments in Ukraine and await the order by President Joe Biden on Wednesday
First Mover Asia: Malaysia May Be Asia's Next Crypto Hub; Major Cryptos Decline as Russia Onslaught Intensifies
8.3.2022
First Mover Asia: Singapore VC Lightbulb Capital Balances the 3 Parts of ESG Investing. Will the DeFi World Care?; Bitcoin, Ether Fall
7.3.2022
The crypto world has focused more heavily on environmental issues than the social and governance aspects of different projects; major cryptos are in the red as the Russian invasion intensifies
First Mover Asia: China to Widen Test of Digital Yuan as Russia Invasion Spotlights Crypto’s Potential Role; Cryptos Decline
4.3.2022
The country is close to approving trials of the central bank digital currency in a number of cities and regions; bitcoin and ether drop as risk-on appetite fades
First Mover Asia: India Commodity Price Increase Stemming From Russia Invasion Could Hurt Crypto Investment
3.3.2022
An increase in commodity prices could eat into India investors’ skyrocketing appetite for cryptocurrencies
First Mover Asia: China’s Potential SWIFT Competitor CIPS Lacks Reach; Bitcoin, Ether Rise Again
2.3.2022
The Cross-Border Interbank Payment System has just 75 members and processes only a fraction of the transactions that SWIFT handles; most major cryptos jump even as the Russian invasion intensifies
First Mover Asia: The Petroyuan Is No Russia Sanctions Buster; Bitcoin 15% Gain Is Largest in a Year as Investors See Opportunity for Crypto
1.3.2022
First Mover Asia: BitMEX Saga Concludes, but We'll Never Know if DOJ Overreached; Cryptos Tumble as Russia Bores Into Ukraine
28.2.2022
The guilty plea of the founders of the crypto trading platform avoided a trial; bitcoin dropped below $37,500 on Sunday after Russian President Vladimir Putin placed his nuclear forces on alert
First Mover Asia: India Crypto Firms, Regulators Continue Their Regulatory Debate; Bitcoin Recovers From a Post-Invasion Freefall
25.2.2022
Indian crypto industry and government officials have continued to discuss possible changes to regulations announced earlier this month; bitcoin returns to its perch above $38,000
First Mover Asia: China CBDC Is No Government Version of Bitcoin; Terra's Luna, Other Altcoins Jump
24.2.2022