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Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets:Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas.Bitcoin is slipping into a weaker market structure as the steady bid that supported prices earlier in the year gives way to diminished demand and defensive positioning.In a recent note, CryptoQuant wrote that the cycle’s core demand wave has already passed, with ETF accumulation slowing, Treasury-company buying evaporating, and Strategy’s purchases falling to their lowest levels of the…

Google’s AI momentum has brought its market capitalization within striking distance of Microsoft’s. Can Microsoft keep its lead?

jetcityimage / iStock Editorial via Getty Images If you are even remotely familiar with the investment world, names like Charles Schwab and Fidelity are incredibly familiar. Even if you aren’t super familiar with the investment world, there is a good chance you have seen at least one of these companies’ ads on television. These two financial giants are synonymous with Wall Street, and it’s for this reason that they attract millions of clients every year who look to them for financial guidance and investment opportunities. Schwab (SCHW) U.S. Dividend Equity ETF offers a 3.81% yield with a $1.03 annual dividend…

November 12, 2025 — In a year defined by volatility across markets and medicine, one project has cut through the noise to deliver something unmistakable: $ECHO, the world’s first operating system for living science.Once a quiet convergence of biotechnology and blockchain, Echo has rapidly become a focal point of institutional interest. Activity from major asset managers, technology leaders, and policy-linked investment vehicles suggests a growing conviction: the future of value lies at the intersection of data integrity, biological intelligence, and transparent finance.A Platform That Connects the World’s DataUnlike speculative tokens or short-lived narratives, $ECHO represents enterprise infrastructure—a platform engineered to…

Crypto exchange Kraken has raised $800 million in fresh funding, including $200 from investment from Citadel Securities, to accelerate its efforts to bring traditional financial markets onto blockchain infrastructure, the company said Tuesday.The round was split across two tranches, with the main one led by institutional investors including Jane Street, DRW Venture Capital, HSG, Oppenheimer Alternative Investment Management and Tribe Capital. A follow-on $200 million investment came from market-making giant Citadel Securities, valuing Kraken at $20 billion.Kraken, founded in 2011, operates a regulated trading platform offering spot and derivatives markets, tokenized assets, staking, and payment services. Its infrastructure is vertically…

Analysts are optimistic that Gemini 3 will accelerate Google’s user adoption and revenue growth, proving the company’s ability to monetize its AI investments.

mezzotint / Shutterstock.com The Goldman Sachs Conviction List is a curated list of stocks that the firm’s research team believes have a high likelihood of outperforming the market. It is a tool for investors to identify stocks with strong growth potential, and it is frequently updated to reflect changes in market conditions and company performance. The list aims to pinpoint stocks in which Goldman Sachs analysts have the “highest level of conviction” for outperformance. The list has been known to focus on specific themes, such as artificial intelligence, consumer trends, and sustainability. The Conviction List offers investors a valuable perspective…

Bitcoin BTC$95,789.16 slumped to a fresh six-month low on Monday, extending its multi-week retreat as crypto sentiment continued to deteriorate.After a slight rebound from overnight lows, BTC — in what’s become a familiar pattern — resumed its decline in the U.S. session, falling to $92,500, down 2.4% through the past 24 hours and nearly 13% over the past week. The largest crypto now has erased all its 2025 gains and declined 27% from its record high a little more than a month ago. Ether ETH$3,204.60 hovered above $3,000, off 2% in the past 24 hours and 15% over the past…

XRP, is facing a sharp divergence between retail enthusiasm and whale behavior, just days after the launch of the first U.S. spot XRP ETF. The token, now the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap at roughly $136 billion, has long held a unique place in the digital asset ecosystem. Born in 2012 as a payments-focused alternative to slow, expensive international bank transfers, XRP has maintained one of crypto’s most loyal communities despite spending years under regulatory pressure. That pressure reached its peak in December 2020, when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a landmark lawsuit accusing Ripple of selling XRP…

Stock investors may be in for an unsettling start to the week if doubts about the AI trade keep colliding with concerns around the upcoming release of backlogged economic data.