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Asia Morning Briefing: Asia's Banks Look to Stablecoins to Prevent Deposit Flight

PLUS: Bakkt is entering the BTC Treasury market with a $1 billion BTC purchase.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle Speaks at Hong Kong Fintech Week in 2024 (HK Fintech Week)

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Asia Morning Briefing: Tron's Public Listing Might Be Investors' 'Visa' Moment for Stablecoins

If stablecoins are the future of payments, Tron Inc., not Circle, might be how investors get exposure to these new financial rails, especially in emerging markets.

Justin Sun speaks at Consensus Hong Kong (CoinDesk)

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Asia Morning Briefing: BTC Slips Below $110K as 'Signs of Fatigue' Emerging

PLUS: Institutional Ethereum staking might drive ETH’s next rally.

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Asia Morning Briefing: Michael Saylor Downplays BTC's Quantum Threat

The Bitcoin network will eventually do a software upgrade that will nullify the quantum threat to BTC, Strategy's Michael Saylor recently said on CNBC.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor standing. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk))

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Asia Morning Briefing: Bitcoin Bulls Eye $120K Despite Trump-Musk Turmoil

PLUS: $TRUMP token slumps on Trump-Musk drama and wallet fallout

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Asia Morning Briefing: Bitcoin Stalls at $105K as Analyst Says Market Looks 'Overheated'

Bitcoin still looks bullish, but some metrics are pointing to an overheated market, says CryptoQuant

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Asia Morning Briefing: Cooling BTC Pushing Up Altcoin Volumes

PLUS: U.S. lawmakers introduce crypto market structure bill.

Crypto rotation (Pixabay)

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Asia Morning Briefing: Thai Banks May Soon Hold Crypto, SCB 10X CEO Signals Sandbox Push

PLUS: SCB 10X's new CEO, Kaweewut Temphuwapat, predicts clearer regulations and fintech innovation in Thailand will drive stronger crypto deal flow across Southeast Asia.

Uniswap logo on phone (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

What’s Better Than CEX? DEX

CoinDesk caught up with CoinGecko’s Bobby Ong to talk about all the good things — but mostly the bad things — about crypto’s centralized exchanges.

CoinGecko co-founder Bobby Ong. (Wolfie Zhao/CoinDesk)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy Discusses the Future of Crypto Trading

The algorithmic trading firm’s founder opines on AI’s growing role, the differences between Asian and Western markets, and liquidity fragmentation.

Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)