James Rubin

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Rebounds Past $20K; China’s Blockchain Revolution Is Missing On-Chain Data

Ether and most other major altcoins regain ground they'd lost in last week's downturn; China companies seem unconvinced by blockchain technology.

Jul 5, 2022 at 12:20 a.m. UTC

Jul 5, 2022

The Three Arrows Capital saga moves to Singapore. (The Image Bank/Getty Images)

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First Mover Asia: Singapore’s Monetary Authority Finally Notices Three Arrows’ Capital AUM Discrepancy; Bitcoin Holds Above $19K in Weekend Trading

The Monetary Authority of Singapore’s reprimand of the crypto hedge fund for providing misleading information may only be a first step.

Jul 3, 2022 at 11:34 p.m. UTC

Jul 3, 2022

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VanEck Files New Application for Spot Bitcoin ETF

The application comes about eight months after the SEC rejected the investment firm’s last application.

By James Rubin

Jul 1, 2022 at 1:08 a.m. UTC

Jul 1, 2022

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First Mover Asia: Speculating on Tokenized Carbon Offsets Won't Help Climate Crisis, Says Consultant; BTC Falls Under $19K Amid Wider Crypto Woes

A significant number of carbon credits are from projects 8-10 years old; Ether and other major altcoins plummet.

Jun 30, 2022 at 11:17 p.m. UTC

Jun 30, 2022

Hedge funds are increasingly betting against Tether. (Andreas Wagner/Unsplash)

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First Mover Asia: How Traders Are Shorting Tether Stablecoins; Bitcoin Falls but Holds Above $20K

Hedge funds are increasingly betting against USDT in anticipation of it losing value amid concerns about the coin’s reserve backing and systemic risks; ether drops.

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Jun 30, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. UTC

Jun 30, 2022

Investors who hodled "blue chip" ICOs generated sizable returns. (Cryptograffiti)

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First Mover Asia: Remember ICOs? You Would Have Made a Fortune if You HODLed; Bitcoin Slogs Toward $20K

Investors who purchased a breadbasket of blue chip coin offerings about five years ago would have generated an 819% return, even with the current bear market; most cryptos fel...

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Jun 28, 2022 at 11:14 p.m. UTC

Jun 28, 2022

An Asus graphics card. (Joseph Greve/Unsplash)

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First Mover Asia: Chip Maker Nvidia Isn’t an Ether Proxy, Bitcoin Holds Near $21K

Crypto mining aided Nvidia's bottom line, but it hasn't been a major cause of the stock's steep decline. Ether falls but hovers at around $1,200.

Jun 28, 2022 at 12:29 a.m. UTC

Jun 28, 2022

Bitcoin was down slightly on Sunday, but still trading at over $21,000. (Jay Radhakrishnan)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Above $21K in Weekend Trading, Solana Web3 Phone Faces Long Odds

Ether stays over $1,200; prior blockchain phones have failed because the market has realized their functionalities are already available on apps that can be loaded on any phon...

Jun 26, 2022 at 11:26 p.m. UTC

Jun 26, 2022

Hong Kong's skyline (Ruslan Bardash/Unsplash)

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First Mover Asia: Hong Kong’s OSL Sees Strong Institutional Interest in Crypto, Despite Luna-Induced Volatility; Bitcoin and Ether Surge

Fernando Martinez, OSL's head of Americas, said global, institutional trading volume is higher than it was in 2021, the best year in the crypto exchange’s history. Altcoins ha...

Jun 23, 2022 at 11:48 p.m. UTC

Jun 23, 2022