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First Mover Asia: Crypto Companies Struggle With Layoffs, but Some See Opportunity to Add Talent; BTC, ETH Soar After Fed Rate Hike

The bear market has forced multiple organizations to cut their workforces, hurting morale and weakening the companies.

Crypto companies have been cutting jobs. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Market Wrap: Crypto Markets Trade Higher as Fed Raises Rates by Expected Amount

Investors had already largely priced in the U.S. central bank’s 75-basis point hike.

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First Mover Asia: Binance Deserves Some Criticisms, but It’s Not a ‘Ponzi Scheme’; Bitcoin Tumbles

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has a reasonable point in his lawsuit claiming defamation from a translated Chinese language article title; ether falls.

Changpeng Zhao, CEO de Binance. (Archivo de CoinDesk)

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Declines Further as Momentum Wanes

BTC is approaching support at about $20.5K; the options market implies concerns of additional price declines.

BTC dropped 6% Tuesday. (CoinDesk Research and Highcharts.com)

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Investors Waiting for Safe Token Can Buy Gnosis Tokens for Now

Safe is planning to release a token, but the timeline isn't set.

Gnosis Safe (Creative Commons)

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First Mover Asia: Is DEX Efficiency a Long-Term Threat to Coinbase; Bitcoin Sinks Below $22K

Coinbase’s revenue dwarfs that of the decentralized exchange Uniswap but the two companies are generating roughly the same trading volume; ether plunges.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Starts the Week in Negative Territory

Bitcoin declines on lower than average volume, offering lower prices but little conviction.

Bitcoin declined 4.3% on Monday. (CoinDesk and Highcharts.com)

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First Mover Asia: BTC Falls Below $22.4K; Coinbase Shares Remain Alluring for Institutional Investors

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest, ETF issuer Exchange Traded Concepts, Cullinan Associates and Utah-based Refined Wealth Management all significantly added COIN to their portfolios as per June 30 filings.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Finishes the Week in Positive Territory Again

Bitcoin finishes strong, sees correlations with traditional markets narrow to prior levels.

The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is up 14% over the past seven trading days. (CoinDesk and Highcharts.com)

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First Mover Asia: Does Tesla Really Believe in Bitcoin?; Altcoins Rise in Thursday Trading

The electric car maker became a proxy for investors looking to take a position in the cryptocurrency without buying it directly, but its recent jettisoning of $936 million of BTC suggests the company wasn’t all that committed to the asset.

Tesla sold over $900 million in bitcoin during its second quarter. (Blomst/Pixabay)