2021-9-17 14:49 |
The Southeast Asian nation of Laos changed its official policy, authorizing six companies to trade and mine Bitcoin while the government begins to draft regulations about its use. origin »
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The largest continent in the world has come forward as the foremost in leading the way towards crypto-adoption. A new survey studying retail crypto investment in 27 countries worldwide found that the The post Bitcoin adoption is skyrocketing in Asian countries, but why appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-8-17 11:00 | |
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Central Asian country Kazakhstan has been prominent in the news for Bitcoin mining recently. The country which now boasts being home to about 6-8% of the Bitcoin network hashrate is also seeing significant growth in the adoption of the cryptocurrency.
2021-7-31 15:43 | |
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On Monday, 26 July, cryptocurrency markets were up, led by Bitcoin which rose by 12% during the Asian session to trade just above $39,000 in yet the largest single-day move that the asset has seen since the last dip on June 22.
2021-7-26 19:47 | |
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The founder of Bitcoin mining pool BTC. TOP, Jiang Zhuoer, has made another prediction on the future of this sector in China. Large BTC mining operations have been forced out of the country, as the Asian Giant crackdowns on the industry.
2021-7-6 20:44 | |
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Switzerland bank UBS said in its latest note to investors that the increased crackdown on the crypto market by China makes investing in Bitcoin and other crypto-assets “unsuitable.” UBS says stiffer regulations are coming According to the note, the latest crackdown on digital assets by the Asian country has affected the value of the coins […] The post Swiss bank UBS says Bitcoin is ‘unsuitable’ for institutional investors appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2021-7-6 19:00 | |
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China’s Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DCEP), also called Digital Yuan or e-CNY, will be tested on Beijing’s Subway. The Asian Giant has launched a fresh crackdown on the crypto industry and seems to be preparing for a big move on their DCEP project.
2021-7-1 17:46 | |
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Sino Global Capital has been posting reports on Bitcoin, China, and the changes that are taking place within the Asian Giant. Today, most of the BTC miners in the Chinese province of Sichuan will turn off their machines.
2021-6-20 22:27 | |
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Bitcoin mining activities might be coming to an end as the industry is used to knowing them. The Asian giant has decided to step up its regulations on this sector; many miners have decided to migrate to friendlier countries.
2021-6-19 19:08 | |
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One-third of participants see Bitcoin as the least preferable investment asset.
2021-6-9 13:03 | |
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As the Bitcoin adoption rate surges across the globe, many parts of the Asian continent remain committed to grabbing a piece of the Bitcoin pie before the industry gets saturated. While the Chinese and Japanese governments have been adopting strict cryptocurrency policies that have forced leading firms to migrate, the Philippines is opening its arms […]
2021-6-8 00:04 | |
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The acceptance of top cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP on gambling sites are part of the reason why illegal online gambling is rising in Asia, a report from the Asian Racing Federation (ARF) said earlier this week.
2021-6-3 10:08 | |
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Chinese publicly listed firm Success Universe Group Ltd, which is a major investor in Macau-based casino and hotel resort Ponte 16, announced that it has purchased 24. 3 Bitcoin ($1. 35 million currently) as part of its portfolio diversification strategy, Inside Asian Gaming reported today.
2021-5-11 16:00 | |
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Unlike many other countries in Southeast Asia and the Asian subcontinent that opted to ban trading or even owning Bitcoin, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) barred regulated institutions such as banks from dealing in crypto assets.
2021-5-5 13:05 | |
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Mustafa Yilham, VP of global business development at Asian mining and wallet company Bixin, took to Twitter today to explain why Bitcoin’s hash rate—the total computing power of the blockchain—dropped by around 25% last week.
2021-4-21 19:00 | |
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Singapore may become the first Asian country to fully adopt Bitcoin. This is according to industry players in the cryptocurrency community who are objectively analyzing the possibilities. The idea of a country, any at all, fully accepting Bitcoin is a complex topic when the odds are fully considered.
2021-4-13 11:16 | |
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2021-4-12 20:42 | |
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According to Paypal cofounder Peter Thiel, the Chinese government, which detests the U.S. dollar’s reserve currency status, could be using bitcoin as a financial weapon against the U.S. While he concedes that China has no intentions of making the yuan renminbi a reserve currency, Thiel still thinks the Asian country may have longed bitcoin because […]
2021-4-9 10:30 | |
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Bitcoin fell from about $60,000 to nearly $50,000 this week, but it has not deviated retail interest, according to Robbie Liu of OKEx. The investment analyst cited renewed buying activity near the $50,000 level among retail investors, confirmed by the rising long/short ratio and the rising USDT premium in the Asian market. The long/short ratio […]
2021-3-26 14:28 | |
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The first bitcoin fund in the Southeast Asian region, the BCMG Genesis Bitcoin Fund, otherwise known as BGBF-1, recently launched to cater to accredited institutional investors. Bitcoin Fund for Asian Institutional Investors According to a press release on Monday (Mar.
2021-3-9 15:00 | |
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The BCMG Genesis Bitcoin Fund-I will be available to accredited Asian investors.
2021-3-9 07:05 | |
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Bitcoin refreshed its all-time high during the early Asian session Tuesday as traders assessed the prospects of Joe Biden's latest push to pass his ambitious $1.9 trillion stimulus package.
2021-2-16 09:43 | |
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The Bitcoin network is now the ninth most valuable asset globally, overtaking Tesla–the world’s leading electric automotive company, new statistics on Feb 9 reveal. BTC/USD Rise Above $48k, Flips Tesla’s Valuation As of writing, the BTC/USD price was trading above $45k after momentarily surging to over $48k in the early Asian session. The Bitcoin networkRead More
2021-2-9 16:28 | |
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Unlike the stock market, Bitcoin and the larger cryptocurrency market trade 24 hours a day. However, while investors can trade at any time, the price action isn't equal or uniform at all times of the The post Bitcoin's price and how U.
2021-2-7 19:30 | |
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Bitcoin prices climbed for the second day on Tuesday, spurred by increased optimism over the second stimulus package in the United States and a firmer US dollar. Positive risk-on momentum throughout the Asian and the early European session briefly pushed the flagship cryptocurrency to a new week-to-date high of $35,469. It later corrected lower by […]
2021-2-2 14:00 | |
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Bitcoin prices raced towards $35,000 as European investors woke up to Elon Musk’s latest cryptocurrency endorsement. The BTC/USD exchange rate rose as much as 4. 8 percent during the Asian and early European session to hit an intraday high of $34,728.
2021-2-2 14:03 | |
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Bitcoin's price seemed to have recuperated as it bounced off the yearly open at $28,956. However, on-chain indicators are suggesting that this expansion was a fluke. In fact, buyers with no real volumThe post Why the Asian session holds the key to Bitcoin's price drop appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-1-22 11:17 | |
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DOT reached its all-time high of $13.22 just six days after bitcoin’s price reached a new all-time high.
2021-1-15 00:56 | |
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The major Bitcoin sell-off that took the market by storm had been making rounds in the cryptocurrency community this week. Recall that one analyst had hinted before the event that the arrival of Asian bulls could shake up the market.
2021-1-13 16:15 | |
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Babel Finance is now making life easier for bitcoin (BTC) miners and other crypto market participants. The Hong Kong-based firm is now accepting mining machines from bitcoin miners as collateral for USD loans, according to reports on January 12, 2021.
2021-1-13 02:00 | |
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Traders piled deeper into the Bitcoin market in the early Asian session Thursday, betting on a big hike in sovereign spending under a Democratic-controlled Senate. The BTC/USD exchange rate, one of the leading instruments by volume in the cryptocurrency space, surged to its record high of $37,810 by Shanghai noon.
2021-1-7 08:30 | |
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The intraday returns on the Bitcoin spot market rose above 2 percent as Democrats took the lead in Georgia’s runoff elections. By the late Asian trading session on Wednesday, the flagship cryptocurrency had surged to another record high of $35,868, according to Coinbase crypto exchange, up 7.
2021-1-6 16:30 | |
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Bitcoin secured yet another record high level on Wednesday, helped by news of Anthony Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Capital investment’s investment into the cryptocurrency space. The benchmark cryptocurrency topped at $28,580 during the Asian morning session after reports revealed that the investment management firm had purchased $182 million worth of Bitcoin. The news soon followed a dramatic […]
2020-12-31 16:24 | |
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Japan’s finance ministry has reportedly leveraged 80 tons of gold to help fund part of its huge stimulus package aimed at combating the coronavirus crisis. The Asian country, which is saddled with public debt twice the size of its economy, is under pressure to find non-tax revenues to cover the rising cost of spending to […] The post Japan Leverages 80 Tons of Gold to Help Fund Part of Its Stimulus Package appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2020-12-21 14:05 | |
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Today, Bitcoin went down to as low as $17,570 in the Asian and European trading session before making its way above $17,900 with a mere $3. 37 billion in ‘real’ trading volume. With the latest round of losses came the largest drop in the Bitcoin exchange balance in more than 3 years of 1.
2020-12-11 16:29 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx recorded a significant bitcoin outflow right after the full range of five-week-long withdrawal suspension was lifted on Thursday at 08:00 UTC. About 2,822 BTC was moved from the Asian exchange in block number 658,728 mined at 08:12 UTC — this was the most significant single-block outflow since May 2019.
2020-11-27 19:56 | |
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The flagship cryptocurrency hit an intraday low of $17,150 in early Asian hours Monday, down more than 12 percent from its year-to-date peak of $19,500.
2020-11-26 09:14 | |
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Seems like the entire world is taking notice of Bitcoin and the wider cryptocurrency market. The Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan is the latest to do so after the National Bank of the Kyrgyz RepublThe post Kyrgyzstan's central bank moves to regulate cryptocurrencies with new draft law appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-11-16 14:45 | |
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The cryptocurrency dropped as low as $15,750, having hit highs over $16,300 in the Asian trading hours.
2020-11-14 13:24 | |
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After moving machines out of Sichuan, miners are bringing ASICs back online.
2020-11-12 19:19 | |
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Crypto custody in Asia is about to see a further expansion as Fidelity Digital Asset Services (FDAS) extends its services to the region. Fidelity Partners with Stack Funds to Offer Crypto Custody According to Bloomberg, Fidelity Digital is set to offer crypto custodial services to high-net-worth individuals and entities in Asia.
2020-10-31 22:00 | |
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US-based Fidelity Investments, a trillion-dollar fund manager with a deep interest in the cryptocurrency market, is targeting rich Asian investors by way of a new partnership with a fund in Singapore, financial publication Bloomberg reported Thursday.
2020-10-30 15:10 | |
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The cryptocurrency and Asian stock markets dumped early Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he and his wife had tested positive to COVID-19.
2020-10-2 08:46 | |
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The new Southeast Asian facility will mean U.S. buyers won't have to pay an additional 25% tax on miner orders.
2020-9-26 17:00 | |
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Daemon Technologies, a firm based in Hong Kong, will now drive the adoption of Stacks technology to support cryptocurrency mining communities in Asia according to its launch tweet. https://twitter.
2020-9-1 22:30 | |
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Today, Daemon Technologies officially launched to serve the thriving cryptocurrency mining community in Asia. Daemon Technologies will help bring Blockstack’s mining mechanism, Proof-of-Transfer to the Asian market, giving miners a new way to earn bitcoin yield as well as a new use case for Bitcoin.
2020-9-1 17:31 | |
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Bitcoin kick-started the week by popping above $12,000 as the dollar dropped as the Asian market opened. This sudden rally reflects the cryptocurrency’s fresh appeal as a safe haven asset. Bitcoin has caught bids alongside gold in recent weeks as the greenback has sunk in a record-breaking losing streak.
2020-8-12 19:29 | |
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Bitcoin kick-started the week by popping above $12,000 as the dollar dropped as the Asian market opened. This sudden rally reflects the cryptocurrency’s fresh appeal as a safe haven asset. Bitcoin has caught bids alongside gold in recent weeks as the greenback has sunk in a record-breaking losing streak.
2020-8-11 12:34 | |
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For investors, Hong Kong has long served as the global financial system’s friendly intermediary with China. But after a year of social upheaval, the Chinese Government has imposed a comprehensive new national security law that would reportedly grant it “semi-autonomy” until 2048.
2020-8-11 16:40 | |
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If you’ve been involved in the Bitcoin market over the past year, you know of PlusToken. PlusToken was a Ponzi scheme with a focus on the Asian cryptocurrency space that was active in 2019. In offering depositors of Bitcoin, Ethereum, EOS and other cryptocurrencies high levels of interest, the operators of the scam managed to […]
2020-7-31 13:00 | |
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From South Africa to Kenya to Ghana, Africans are using Bitcoin to better their lives — and they aren’t asking anyone’s permission as they do so.
Reviewing developments in 2024 as Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) and 25 privately owned bitcoin miners in Ethiopia contribute 600 MW of energy to the bitcoin network.
A look at how Bitcoin complies with Islamic law regarding finance and money.
Kamala Harris’s rejection of Bitcoin deprives a vital resource to those in need globally, while Trump’s ‘Number Go Up” approach, may jeopardize America's core humanitarian values, like the refugee resettlement program, and ignore Bitcoin’s potential to aid vulnerable populations globally.
Bitcoin faces a one-of-a-kind leadership problem.
The following is an excerpt from The Satoshi Papers, an open debate on money, state, and society in a Bitcoin world, edited by Natalie Smolenski.
Usually, buying Bitcoin is a joyful process. I’d have the satisfaction of picking up at least a bitcent.