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Asia Flexes It's Crypto Muscles While MicroStrategy Copycats Abound
Austin Hodge
December 20, 2024 • Read Time: 12 minutes
As Asia flexes its economic might in the crypto sphere, many Asian companies are taking a page out of the Microstrategy playbook by mimicking their audacious Bitcoin investments. Asia Express sheds light on how Michael Saylor’s bold strategic maneuvers are being cloned by a diverse array of firms across the continent, from Japan's Metaplanet to Hong Kong’s Boyaa Interactive, and beyond. Amidst this financial transformation, Asia stands as a crypto adoption colossus, giving rise to wealth, innovation, and a unique set of challenges, from regulatory hesitance on ETFs to the sinister specter of pig butchering scams.
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