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First Mover Asia: Crypto’s Narrative of This Season Is No Narrative at All
24.5.2023
ALSO: Hong Kong’s proposed crypto exchange rules value TradFi chops over crypto knowledge. What are the key potential changes?
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Steady Near $27K as Investors Weigh Debt Ceiling Developments
23.5.2023
ALSO: Former CoinDesk head of research writes that despite government efforts in such large, emerging countries as Pakistan and Nigeria to curb crypto activity, citizens there seem to be turning to digital assets as a hedge
First Mover Asia: Will Bitcoin Soon Begin a Retest of 30K?
22.5.2023
ALSO: Crypto companies and trade organization are spending a fraction of the amount that other industries are allocating for lobbying. That may change
First Mover Asia: Traders Long on Bitcoin Despite Debt Ceiling Challenges, Dark U.S. Regulatory Clouds
19.5.2023
PLUS: Meme coins don't respect the intellectual property rights of others. And that's a problem
First Mover Asia: Biden’s Tough Talk, Tether’s Bitcoin Bet Not Moving Crypto
18.5.2023
PLUS: We really need to see the Hinman emails
First Mover Asia: Crypto's Rotating Profits
17.5.2023
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin, Ether Prices Stuck in 'Wind Tunnel'
16.5.2023
There all sorts of indicators traders can use to get a sense of where sentiment is heading in crypto markets. A key metric is funding rates on perpetual futures on bitcoin and ether
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Regains $27K Amid Encouraging Macro, Technical Signs
15.5.2023
ALSO: The stablecoin supply ratio has dropped 11% over the past 11 days, suggesting that buying power for stablecoins is increasing, writes CoinDesk analyst Glenn Williams
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Regains $27K, but Investors Search for a Catalyst
12.5.2023
ALSO: The CEO of Stablecorp says that bitcoin's recent dip is part of its growing pains. He says that the scalability of the bitcoin network and liquidity present challenges
First Mover Asia: Expect Bitcoin to Hit $25.2K Soon: Strategist
11.5.2023
ALSO: Bitcoin needs a compelling narrative to break from its current range, but that likely will not occur until next year, says the CEO of Web3 bond-market platform Umee
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Ticks Up as Congestion Wanes and Investors Ponder the Next Price Spur
10.5.2023
ALSO: SAM Bankman-Fried's motion to dismiss most charges against him raises questions about the reach of the Commodities Exchange Act
First Mover Asia: Binance Congestion Chaos Weighs Heavy on Bitcoin
9.5.2023
ALSO: A crypto market analyst calls bitcoin's travails of the past two days "growing pains," and says the largest crypto by market cap "will be fine in the long run."
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin at $28.6K Remains Unstirred by Binance Temporary Withdrawal Pause
8.5.2023
PLUS: Bitcoin maximalists find Ordinals annoying. But they are a good thing for the network in the long run
First Mover Asia: CBDCs Are the Hottest Issue in Florida Politics; Bitcoin Falls Slightly
5.5.2023
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Recovers From Fed Dip
4.5.2023
PLUS: The Madlads hype appears to be over, although it hasn't dragged down the price of Solana. Cryptos return to positive territory
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin’s Kimchi Premium Has Narrowed, but the Korean Market Is Proving Resilient
3.5.2023
ALSO: A crypto markets analyst suggests that the U.S. central bank may not be finished with interest rate hikes, even if it raises the rate on Wednesday as expected
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Market Cap Is Surging, but a Retreat From $30K Continues
2.5.2023
PLUS: Western crypto innovators with great ideas are eying the East for tech-embracing governments and fresh opportunities. A West-East partnership may be crypto's model for the future, the co-founder of Taipei-based Woo Network, Jack Tan, writes
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin, Ether Open Asia’s Trading Week Flat
1.5.2023
ALSO: Five CoinDesk journalists offer their takeaways from Consensus 2023. They found an industry still filled with optimism but also realistic about the challenges ahead, most notably, regulatory uncertainty
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Steady Above $29K as Investors Look Toward Next FOMC Meeting
28.4.2023
ALSO: William Shatner, Star Trek's Captain Kirk, releases an NFT collection and touts the potential of crypto in an entertaining half-hour discussion at CoinDesk's Consensus 2023 conference
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Seesaws Wildly Before Settling Above $29K
27.4.2023
ALSO: Writing about different sessions at Consensus 2023, CoinDesk columnist Daniel Kuhn considers the difficulty that the builders of decentralized finance (DeFi) and financial regulators are having in finding linguistic common ground