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First Mover Asia: Large Bitcoin Holders Content to Hold Long Positions Amid Regulatory Turmoil
30.6.2023
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
29.6.2023
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
Shanghai Clearing House Introduces Support for Digital Yuan Settlements
28.6.2023
The Shanghai Clearing House, Asia’s first counterparty clearing institution, announced support for payments made with the digital yuan Monday. According to reports, the move will allow companies to settle transactions for commodities in bulk, promoting the digital yuan, the Chinese central...
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Maintains $30K as ‘the Economy Isn’t Breaking Just Yet’
28.6.2023
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
Seoul: Asia’s Retail Crypto Capital Moves on After Do Kwon
27.6.2023
South Korea’s nearly 7 million registered users, many in the nation’s capital, show a huge interest in trading crypto. But CoinDesk’s 4th-ranked Crypto Hub for 2023 is still licking its wounds after the catastrophic collapse of Do Kwon’s Terra blockchain – for a time, South Korea’s favorite crypto...
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Could Experience Price Turbulence as $30K Is Tested
27.6.2023
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
NEAR Foundation and Alibaba Cloud Join Forces to Boost Web3 Development in Asia
26.6.2023
NEAR Foundation, a non-profit organization responsible for developing the NEAR protocol, has partnered with Alibaba Cloud to facilitate the growth of Web3 in Asia and the Middle East.
As part of the partnership, NEAR Foundation will gain access to Alibaba Cloud's developer ecosystem across...
NEAR Foundation Partners With Alibaba Cloud to Accelerate Web3 Growth in Asia
26.6.2023
The partnership will offer multi-chain indexing to provide data query API to developers
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Opens the Week Above $30K Amid Rising Investor Optimism
26.6.2023
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."
Huobi sues… Huobi? 3AC rises from ashes, Korea crypto contagion: Asia Express
26.6.2023
Huobi Global’s woes intensify, OPNX exchange volume up 2.5M%, 3AC is dead — long live 3AC Ventures, South Korea crypto contagion update
Over 100,000 Compromised Chatgpt Accounts Discovered on Darknet Markets
24.6.2023
Cybersecurity researchers have found tens of thousands of devices storing Chatgpt credentials that have been infected with info-stealing malware. The account details have ended up being sold on the dark web, they said, pointing out that the Asia-Pacific leads by number of such offers. Increase...
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Surge May 'Not Be the Beginning of the End of the Bear Market,' Analyst Says
23.6.2023
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
Binance Launches Regulated Crypto Exchange in Kazakhstan
23.6.2023
Licensed since last year, the world’s largest digital asset exchange, Binance, has now launched a trading platform in Kazakhstan. The move comes amid increased pressure from regulators in other jurisdictions, like the U.S., and after Binance’s decision to pull out of several European markets....
Limited generative AI usage to be allowed in Japanese schools
22.6.2023
The Japanese Ministry of Education plans to allow limited use of generative AI, like ChatGPT, in elementary, junior high and high schools across the country
Crypto Friendly Xapo Bank Expands to India, Rest of South Asia
22.6.2023
Xapo's CEO said the move "is in line with the positive shifts we are witnessing in Asia’s evolving crypto landscape."
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Firm Above $30.1K as Investors Relish BlackRock, Other Spot BTC ETF Filings
22.6.2023
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
Binance launches regulated platform in Kazakhstan amid troubles in the West`
21.6.2023
Amid growing regulatory uncertainty in the West several crypto platforms have shifted their focus toward the Asia Pacific region
Gemini Announces Plans for Expansion in Asia-Pacific Amid SEC Lawsuit
21.6.2023
Crypto exchange Gemini has announced plans to expand into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region to capture the “next wave of growth for crypto.”
The US-based crypto exchange aims to increase its headcount in Singapore and establish an engineering division in India, the platform said in a Monday blog...
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Has Its Eyes on $30K Amid Steadfast Institutional Interest
21.6.2023
Gemini plans Asia-Pacific expansion as part of 'next wave of growth for crypto'
20.6.2023
The crypto exchange has already announced efforts to expand into Canada and Europe amid a lawsuit from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission