The latest moves in crypto markets, in context

By CoinDesk Markets Team

December 24, 2021

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Good morning, and welcome to First Mover.

Today is a CoinDesk company holiday. First Mover Editor Omkar Godbole and many of the rest of us here on the CoinDesk Markets team are taking a much-needed break after a characteristically volatile year in cryptocurrencies, but we wanted to provide a special limited edition today for those of you who are following 24-7 cryptocurrency markets.

Happy holidays to all!

– Omkar and the CoinDesk Markets team

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Latest Headlines

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And here are some good holiday reads:

Introducing CoinDesk's new Digital Asset Classification Standard, which was created in response to the significant growth of the number and types of digital assets offered in the market and the realization that traditional classification standards used for equities and other asset classes could not be adapted accurately to classify digital assets. Read more about DACS.

ICYMI

In case you missed it, here are the most recent episodes of "First Mover" on CoinDesk TV:

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The "First Mover" hosts speak to CoinList CEO Graham Jenkin for insights into the top crypto predictions of 2022 and markets analysis from Youbi Capital CEO Chen Li.

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