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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Drifts Lower as Crypto Winter Continues

ALSO: CoinDesk Columnist David Z. Morris played soothsayer about the seriousness of the allegations against Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of embattled crypto exchange FTX.

Bitcoin drifted lower in Tuesday trading. (Pierre-Yves Babelon/Getty Images)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Ho Ho Holds Near $16.9K

ALSO: CoinDesk columnist David Z. Morris considers one of the few upsides to the debacles that have deeply wounded the crypto industry in 2022.

Bitcoin held steady at about $16,900 during the Christmas holiday weekend. (Markus Spiske/Rawpixel)

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Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Ends Penultimate Week of (Awful) 2022 on Quiet Note

ALSO: A year of steep declines in crypto markets brought another unwanted element – a dramatic increase in scams including “rug pulls.”

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin, Ether Hold as US Stocks Fall

Plus: Glenn Ardi of CoinDesk Indonesia writes about Indonesia's vision of government permitting and controlling Web3 and DeFi by providing a government-sanctioned payment layer.

HODL can also stand for "hold on for dear life." (Credit: Shutterstock)

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Crypto Markets Today: Federal Judge Releases Bankman-Fried on $250M Bond

The bond was secured by his parent's Palo Alto house, where he was told he could stay.

Sam Bankman-Fried sale del tribunal federal en la ciudad de Nueva York. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

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First Mover Asia: Most Cryptos Stay Flat Like a Windless Lake, but a Popsicle Makes Waves.

Plus: Sam Reynolds questions the logic of calls to ban crypto, arguing that it has little chance of causing problems in traditional finance.

DeFi project Popsicle’s ICE token tripled in value. (Sheri Silver/Unsplash)

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Crypto Markets Today: Popsicle Heats Up as Bitcoin Stays Cold

Top crypto assets hold steady as stocks get pre-holiday bounce.

DeFi project Popsicle’s ICE token tripled in value. (Sheri Silver/Unsplash)

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Paxful Removes Ether From Platform

Ray Youssef, CEO and co-founder of peer-to-peer crypto marketplace Paxful, announced ether's (ETH) removal from the platform, citing Ethereum network's switch to proof-of-stake validation from proof-of-work. "The Hash" hosts discuss the case for Bitcoin in the latest clash between altcoins.

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Crypto Markets Today: More FTX Fallout as Traders Turn Defensive

Top assets in the crypto market hold steady.

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