This week, reports emerged that Hong Kong could soon enable retail investors to trade certain cryptocurrencies. Will Asia lead the next bull run as US regulators continue to clamp down? What will this mean for Asia-based crypto projects and exchanges? How do indices play a role? We dive into the narrative and explore its ramifications.

Crypto markets continued to soar despite another week packed with regulatory punches. Last week, the SEC formally charged Terra founder Do Kwon, alleging a “multi-billion dollar fraud” against investors in the UST stablecoin and LUNA.

Often times investors are left scratching their heads when they see a small exchange high up the volume ranking on certain websites. The assumption is that some, or a significant amount of these volumes figures are artificially inflated by wash-trading on that exchange. This week, we present a framework that can be used to spot cases of wash-trading, pointing out potential examples of our own on the way.