First Mover Asia: Asia Pushes Bitcoin Past $25K
“It flipped this week. We see crypto markets rallying, while equity markets have completely collapsed,” she said. “The divergence in these markets have flipped, and that’s being maintained, which is creating this decreasing correlation for both Nasdaq’s tech stocks and Europe’s 600 index.”
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