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Story: BTC Tests $80K as Asian Traders Pivot to Hong Kong AI Stocks

By Bruce Buterin

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Asian Money Walks Away. The pullback from Asia wasn't gradual. Trading desks across the region slowed their Bitcoin buys…

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Western Desks Hold the Floor. Europe and North America are doing the heavy lifting now.

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Hong Kong's AI Frenzy. The IPO surge in Hong Kong isn't small. Multiple AI-related companies are listing, and the capital…

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Bitcoin's holding near $80,000. But the story behind that number got messy fast.

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Asian desks that pushed the rally up aren't buying anymore. They're rotating into something else—artificial intelligence IPOs flooding Hong Kong's market right now.

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The pullback from Asia wasn't gradual. Trading desks across the region slowed their Bitcoin buys pretty much all at once, and the timing lines up with a wave of AI company…

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Hong Kong's seen a boom in tech offerings lately, especially firms tied to artificial intelligence development.

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It's unclear how long the shift lasts. But for now, the enthusiasm that built Bitcoin's climb has cooled in that part of the world.

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Europe and North America are doing the heavy lifting now. Traders there haven't blinked yet, and their bids are keeping Bitcoin from sliding below $80,000.

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The question is how much longer they stay committed. Friday's U.S. jobs report is the next big test.

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Traders are basically waiting. They're not adding aggressively, but they're not selling either. It's a standoff, and the jobs data will probably break it one way or the other.

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The interplay between traditional economic signals and crypto sentiment is getting harder to read. Bitcoin used to move on its own logic—halvings, exchange flows, whale activity.

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Western desks are watching inflation, employment, and central bank language as much as on-chain metrics.

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The IPO surge in Hong Kong isn't small. Multiple AI-related companies are listing, and the capital flowing into those offerings is significant enough to show up in regional…

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