Cryptoverse: Bitcoin digs in for a bumpy new year

Asia’s first futures ETFs for bitcoin and ether join a growing list of initiatives that will go some way toward ameliorating the current crisis of legitimacy facing virtual assets. — Reuters

BITCOIN's looking steady in 2023. But it's only been a week.

Cryptocurrencies have crept into the new year, licking their wounds after the carnage of 2022. The overall global crypto market cap has risen 5% to $871 billion since Jan. 1, but it's still down over 57% from this time last year.