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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 Americas: Fed Hikes Could Drive Bitcoin Adoption in Emerging Markets
3.3.2022
Bitcoin was trading flat to negative even as the European stocks and the S&P 500 futures got a slight tailwind
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 Americas: Record Low Bitcoin Futures Premium on Binance Signals Capitulation, BITO Sees Inflows
2.3.2022
Bitcoin was trading flat to negative even as the European stocks and the S&P 500 futures got a slight tailwind
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 Americas: Bitcoin Nears $45K on Increased Demand From Ukraine and Russia
1.3.2022
Bitcoin was trading flat to negative even as the European stocks and the S&P 500 futures got a slight tailwind
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 Americas: Bitcoin Shows No Signs of Panic Even as Worst Case Scenario Looms
28.2.2022
Bitcoin was trading flat to negative even as the European stocks and the S&P 500 futures got a slight tailwind
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 Americas: Bitcoin Eyes US Data Deluge, Charts Signal Seller Fatigue
25.2.2022
Bitcoin was trading flat to negative even as the European stocks and the S&P 500 futures got a slight tailwind
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 Americas: Traders Prefer Gold, Fiat Safe Havens Over Bitcoin as Russia Goes to War
24.2.2022
Bitcoin was trading flat to negative even as the European stocks and the S&P 500 futures got a slight tailwind
First Mover Asia: China CBDC Is No Government Version of Bitcoin; Terra's Luna, Other Altcoins Jump
24.2.2022
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin May Not Be out of the Woods Yet; Stablecoins' Bull Market Continues
23.2.2022
Bitcoin was trading flat to negative even as the European stocks and the S&P 500 futures got a slight tailwind
First Mover Asia: GameFi's Shaky Prospects; Bitcoin, Ether Inch Higher
23.2.2022
Strict regulations on gaming in China and Korea, among other countries, are likely to reduce the market for GameFi in the Asia Pacific Rim region. Bitcoin and ether were up slightly during U.S. trading hours
US Senator: China’s Digital Currency Could Subvert US Sanctions, Enhance Surveillance Capabilities
8.2.2022
A U.S. senator has warned about China’s central bank digital currency. “Analysts have raised the eCNY’s potential to subvert U.S. sanctions, facilitate illicit money flows, enhance China’s surveillance capabilities, and provide Beijing with ‘first mover’...
Law Decoded: First-mover advantage in a CBDC conversation, Jan. 10–17
17.1.2022
Strong framing move by U.S. Representative Tom Emmer and a looming threat of another crypto ban in Asia: a digest of last week's top crypto policy stories is here
Smartlands Platform Launch: Tokenizing the Real Economy in Europe With a First-Mover Advantage
19.4.2021
In April, Smartlands will launch an alternative investment platform for buying and selling tokenized shares of real-world assets. The platform, built on the Stellar open-source network, will first focus on issuing security tokens that represent a suite of high-yield real estate listings based...
First Mover: Bitcoin Meets ‘Torrent’ as Lowly Binance Coin Gets $40B Valuation
19.2.2021
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance's in-house BNB tokens have shot to a $40 billion valuation, ranking them third among digital assets behind bitcoin and Ethereum's ether
First Mover: Who ISN’T Dabbling as Bitcoin Passes $52K, Ether Tops $1,900
18.2.2021
The $8.7 trillion-asset BlackRock is "dabbling" in cryptocurrencies – becoming the norm as bitcoin and ether rally to all-time high prices