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Bitcoin Trading Below $40K After 5% Decline, Framework Ventures Doubling Down on Web 3 Gaming and DeFi

Live from Crypto Bahamas: “First Mover” host Christine Lee is joined by CoinFund President Chris Perkins with a look at crypto markets and Mary-Catherine Lader of Uniswap discusses the company’s Swap Widget launch. Plus, Vance Spencer, Framework Ventures co-founder, shares his investment strategy in Web 3 gaming and DeFi.

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First Mover Asia: Spot Bitcoin ETFs Are Launching in Australia but Elsewhere They Face Brutal Fund Outflows

Australia follows a lengthy list of spot bitcoin issuances in Europe and Canada, but these products come at a challenging time for crypto; bitcoin and ether drop.

Melbourne city at night (James O'Neil/ Getty Images)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin's Price Bounce Stalls; Options 'Max Pain' in Focus

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for April 26, 2022.

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Crypto Industry Reaction to Musk Twitter Buy, Gemini Exec on Australia’s First Bitcoin ETF Plan

Gemini will provide custody and clearing for Australia’s first bitcoin ETF fund. Gemini Global Head of Business Development Dave Abner joins “First Mover” to explain the details of this collaboration and the prospect of a spot bitcoin ETF in the U.S. Plus, reaction to Elon Musk’s Twitter deal from PWC Exec. and CryptoCapsules Host Henri Arslanian. Ming Wu of Strips Finance joins with news of interest rates trading.

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First Mover Asia: Slow Start to the Week for Crypto as China Lockdowns Drag on Stocks, S&P 500

Major equity markets in Asia have declined significantly in recent months, and bitcoin has followed a similar pattern.

Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Shutterstock)

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First Mover Americas: The Bitcoin Death Cross

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for April 25, 2022.

Death cross (Anton Petrus/Getty Images)

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Ukraine Government and Everstake Seek Crypto Funds to Save Heritage Sites, Bitcoin Falls to 6-Week Low

Everstake CEO & Founder Sergey Vasylchuk joins “First Mover” to discuss an urgent initiative with the Ukrainian government to help save the country’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Plus, Coinchange CEO Maxim Galash talks markets as bitcoin trades below $39,000 amid risk-off sentiment, and CoinDesk Contributor Dan Jeffries explores the past and future of payments.

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First Mover Asia: The Metaverse Is Subject to Earth’s Boring Old Rules

GameFi adoption has been hitting obstacles worldwide, including in China and South Korea, because of laws about converting in-game tokens to currency.

GameFi skeptics say that these games are not fun. (Jens Schlueter/Getty Images)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Holds $40K, Yuan Drop May Add to Risk Aversion

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for April 22, 2022.

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Kevin O’Leary on Earth Day, Crypto ESG Concerns, Musk, Twitter, and Dorsey’s Block, Huobi Exec on Crypto in China

As the world observes Earth Day, concern around crypto mining and its energy consumption is top of mind. O’Shares Investments Chairman and ‘Shark Tank’ Co-Host Kevin O’Leary joins “First Mover” to weigh in on the ESG debate, the Musk/Twitter drama and more. Plus, crypto markets analysis and the state of crypto in China from the Beijing-based Lily Zhang of Huobi and the details of a new $1.8 million crypto scam from CoinDesk’s Cheyenne Ligon.

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