Asia

Asia

Finance

Hong Kong's HashKey Group Raises $360M Blockchain Fund

Funding keeps pouring into blockchain, despite market turmoil.

Hong Kong skyline (Ruslan Bardash/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Nears $37K Amid Lighter Trading

Ether was roughly flat, while other major altcoins were mixed.

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Finance

Southeast Asia Gaming Guild Ancient8 Raises $4M Seed Round

The funding round was led by Dragonfly Capital, Pantera Capital and Hashed.

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Markets

Crypto.com Capital Hires Jon Russell as GP, Hints at Expanding Fund Size

Russell spent 10 years as a tech journalist, including stints at The Ken and Tech Crunch.

Crypto.com Capital has hired Jon Russell as a general partner. (Jon Russell)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Slips Under $46K as Volume Across Major Centralized Exchanges Remains Low

“It’s pretty much been choppy since that big drop in the beginning of December,” said Efficient Frontier’s Andrew Tu.

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Videos

Is There a Bullish Breakout Ahead for Bitcoin?

Needham & Co. Vice President John Todaro discusses his positive assessment of the crypto markets despite continuing to see red over the past week. “We’re still ​in a bullish macro set up here for bitcoin and cryptocurrencies more broadly,” Todaro said. “We do have around $100K bitcoin [price target] in Q1 2022.”

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Finance

OCBC Bank Mulls Setting Up Crypto Exchange: CEO

Southeast Asia’s second-largest bank is looking into a digital asset exchange to satisfy customer demand.

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Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Enters ‘Extreme Greed’ Territory; Altcoins Rally

Bitcoin volume has increased the past two days but remains well below its mid-October high.

Bitcoin Back Above $46K on Low Daily Volume as Altcoins Outperform

Finance

BTS Agency Hybe to Set Up Joint Venture on NFTs with Korean Crypto Exchange Upbit

The agency behind one of the world’s most succseful K-pop bands wants to look into NFTs.

Seoul, South Korea (Ciaran O'Brien/Unsplash)

Finance

Informe de JPMorgan afirma que las CBDC pueden ahorrar a las empresas $100.000 millones al año en pagos transfronterizos

El trabajo publicado considera una red de monedas digitales de múltiples bancos centrales en toda la región de la Asociación de Naciones del Sudeste Asiático y sus corredores.

La sede de JPMorgan en Asia-Pacífico, en Hong Kong. (Jerome Favre/Bloomberg via Getty Images)