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First Mover Asia: The Petroyuan Is No Russia Sanctions Buster; Bitcoin 15% Gain Is Largest in a Year as Investors See Opportunity for Crypto
1.3.2022
First Mover Asia: BitMEX Saga Concludes, but We'll Never Know if DOJ Overreached; Cryptos Tumble as Russia Bores Into Ukraine
28.2.2022
The guilty plea of the founders of the crypto trading platform avoided a trial; bitcoin dropped below $37,500 on Sunday after Russian President Vladimir Putin placed his nuclear forces on alert
First Mover Asia: India Crypto Firms, Regulators Continue Their Regulatory Debate; Bitcoin Recovers From a Post-Invasion Freefall
25.2.2022
Indian crypto industry and government officials have continued to discuss possible changes to regulations announced earlier this month; bitcoin returns to its perch above $38,000
First Mover Asia: China CBDC Is No Government Version of Bitcoin; Terra's Luna, Other Altcoins Jump
24.2.2022
First Mover Asia: GameFi's Shaky Prospects; Bitcoin, Ether Inch Higher
23.2.2022
Strict regulations on gaming in China and Korea, among other countries, are likely to reduce the market for GameFi in the Asia Pacific Rim region. Bitcoin and ether were up slightly during U.S. trading hours
How are Afghans using crypto under the Taliban government?
22.2.2022
Afghans have shown great interest in cryptocurrencies and some are using them to avoid U.S. sanctions and get paid from other countries
More Investors Enter Crypto But Keep Multiple Financial Service Providers - Survey
18.2.2022
Crypto ownership is on the rise, but investors are not abandoning traditional financial services as a result of their intensifying interest in cryptoassets. On the contrary, crypto investors are more likely to use multiple financial services providers than the general population is, suggests...
India’s crypto tax provides little legal clarity for traders and exchanges
17.2.2022
The Indian government’s recent announcement of a 30% tax on crypto returns has sparked an industrywide discussion on its feasibility
Southeast Asia’s Largest Bank DBS to Launch Crypto Trading for Retail Investors
16.2.2022
DBS, the largest bank in Southeast Asia, is planning to launch crypto trading for retail investors this year, the bank’s CEO has revealed. He added that in the first half of this year, DBS will focus on making “access to digital assets a lot more convenient.” DBS Bank to Offer...
Sanctions and trade: Iran aims to develop a central bank digital currency
14.2.2022
While the central bank announced its intention to launch a CBDC, exact details are still scarce
All eyes on Asia — Crypto’s new chapter post-China
6.2.2022
From Singapore to Thailand and Indonesia: Asia’s crypto landscape continued to thrive, unabated by China’s sudden crackdown
4000-Year-Old Board Game Uncovered By Archaeologists
27.1.2022
In December 2021, a team of archaeologists working in Oman made the only type of discovery that would get their work covered on a site like this: they dug up a board game dating back approximately 4000 years, and which it’s thought could be an ancient ancestor to Backgammon.Read more
Another Headache for Bitcoin Miners in Central Asia as Three Countries Hit With Blackouts
25.1.2022
Three of the Central Asian countries — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan — have been hit by a power blackout after Kazakhstan’s North-South power line was disconnected due to “emergency imbalances.”...
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Indonesia's Crypto Industry in 2021: A Kaleidoscope
24.1.2022
The Indonesian cryptocurrency industry and market experienced notable growth in 2021
Bitcoin miners’ resilience to geopolitics — A healthy sign for the network
18.1.2022
The phenomenal recovery of the mining hash rate for BTC goes to show how resilient the network and its community are to world events
Singapore bars crypto service providers from advertising in public spaces
17.1.2022
The new regulations would only allow for advertisements on native websites and mobile apps for DPT companies
Tonga to copy El Salvador bill making Bitcoin legal tender says former MP
13.1.2022
In a ruling that is "almost identical to the El Salvador bill," Tongan bigwig Lord Fusitu'a anticipates that his country could adopt Bitcoin by November
Virtual NFT Confex – Asia’s Leading NFT Conference & Exhibition
7.1.2022
NFT is the new buzz & a new era of innovation from sports to music, art to collectibles, real estate to digital fashion. NFTs are becoming an increasingly popular way to buy and sell digital artwork because it allows the buyer to own the original item. Not only that, it contains built-in...
Kazakhstan Shuts Down Banks, Internet Amid Unrest That Threatens Bitcoin Mining, Hashrate
6.1.2022
Measures imposed by authorities to quell mass protests in mining hotspot Kazakhstan are affecting cryptocurrency markets and the Bitcoin network hashrate. To deal with the civil unrest caused by rising fuel prices and a worsening economy, the government restricted access to the internet and closed...
Asia Pacific Metaverse New Era Summit Officially Launched
3.1.2022
The epidemic in 2020 undoubtedly became a catalyst, and people’s life scenes began to shift from offline to online. This “forced” transformation led to more thinking, discussion, and concern about life and business in the metaverse. Metaverse has been more and more favored...