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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Hovers Around $28,000
ALSO: A crypto investor, entrepreneur and market observer suggests that TradFi may be approaching a tipping point that benefits bitcoin, among other digital currencies, and could shift a large part of the crypto economy to Hong Kong.

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Rises Above $28.3K Despite Binance Legal Woes
ALSO: Shaurya Malwa writes that a little-known Ethereum community is rallying behind the Ethereum Goerli test network in the hope that it can help find a way to keep it going.

Open Interest in XRP Surges to $800M as Crypto Traders Hope Ripple-SEC Verdict Will Bring 'Alt Season'
If the court rules that XRP is a security, it would mean the same for other alternative cryptocurrencies and subject the broader market to stringent supervision.

First Mover Asia: Will CFTC's Action Against Binance Benefit Crypto’s Asia Narrative?
Bitcoin is flat but ether is up, on potentially favorable comments by the CFTC before Congress.

First Mover Asia: China’s State-Owned Banks Are Soliciting Hong Kong Crypto Business, but Opening an Account Is Hard
Plus: Are bitcoin traders shrugging off the CFTC's action against Binance? Or is there just not enough liquidity to go around?

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Is Ready for a Consolidation Phase
ALSO: Sam Reynolds writes that decentralized derivatives platforms are having a liquidity problem. The shortage may stem from crypto traders' current caution, but at least one stakeholder is optimistic that the situation will change.

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Regains Momentum as Investors Shrug Off Banking, Fed Concerns
ALSO: CoinDesk market analyst Glenn Williams writes that a decrease in the number of bitcoin addresses with a balance of more than 1,000 bitcoins suggests that large, institutional investors are reluctant to add to their coffers.

First Mover Asia: Blockchain-Enabled SIM Card for Crypto Investors Fuels Conflux Growth; Bitcoin Holds Near $27.3K After Fed Decision
ALSO: The SIM card offers the security of a hardware crypto wallet but with more convenience, says Conflux’s chief technology officer in a Q&A with CoinDesk's Shaurya Malwa.

First Mover Asia: Traders Focused on Liquidity, FOMC as Asia Opens Its Business Day
Crypto prices remain flat ahead of the FOMC's rate decision.

First Mover Asia: Crypto VC Funding Was Resilient in the Bear Market; It’s Now Powering Through This Mini-Bull Cycle
A Crypto Rank team of analysts wrote that “despite the inherent volatility of the cryptocurrency market, venture capitalists…continue to pour significant investments into the industry.”

