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Bitcoin Breaks Above $30K for First Time Since June 2022
The move continues a 2023 rally that has now seen the most popular crypto gain more than 80% in value.

Bitcoin Approaches $30K, Reaching Highest Price Since June
The roots of an hour-long surge were difficult to pinpoint, according to one analyst, but investors have recently been more optimistic about the crypto’s prospects following last month’s banking crisis.

First Mover Asia: Crypto Liquidity Providers Can Be Profitable by Considering Trade Volume, Volatility and Other Factors, Data Firm Says
ALSO: Ether falls but still outperforms bitcoin for another day as investors look with hope at the Shanghai upgrade.

First Mover Asia: Chilly DOGE, While Bitcoin Simmers Over $28.6K
ALSO: The head of markets for crypto research firm Delphi Digital said Binance's loss of market share has stemmed largely from its struggles with regulators. He also called bitcoin's current threshold at about $28K "a tough spot."

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Extends Its Stay Below $28K, Dogecoin Stays Hot
Dogecoin surged after Twitter replaced its familiar blue bird atop its homepage with the cryptocurrency's iconic Shiba Inu dog logo. ALSO: Is Indonesia’s CBDC a potential alternative to Visa and Mastercard?

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Above $28K as Investors Await Fresh Productivity, Jobs Data
ALSO: Sam Reynolds writes that decentralized-focused tokens, including LDO and DYDX, were the quarter's best performers. Their gains came as U.S. regulators ratcheted up their scrutiny of centralized exchanges.

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Hovers Around $28,000
ALSO: A crypto investor, entrepreneur and market observer suggests that TradFi may be approaching a tipping point that benefits bitcoin, among other digital currencies, and could shift a large part of the crypto economy to Hong Kong.

Binance CEO Zhao Calls CFTC Suit an ‘Incomplete Recitation of Facts’
In a blog post, Changpeng Zhao wrote the company did not agree with the characterization of many of the issues, and touted the exchange’s compliance technology. He also wrote that he had only two Binance accounts.

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Regains Momentum as Investors Shrug Off Banking, Fed Concerns
ALSO: CoinDesk market analyst Glenn Williams writes that a decrease in the number of bitcoin addresses with a balance of more than 1,000 bitcoins suggests that large, institutional investors are reluctant to add to their coffers.

Pioneiro na Ásia: Bitcoin recupera impulso à medida que os investidores ignoram os bancos e as preocupações do Fed
TAMBÉM: O analista de mercado da CoinDesk, Glenn Williams, escreve que uma diminuição no número de endereços de Bitcoin com um saldo de mais de 1.000 bitcoins sugere que grandes investidores institucionais estão relutantes em aumentar seus cofres.
