Asia Market Daily: Bitcoin breaks $79K as Upbit volume surges and Binance's CZ pushes tokenization (2026/8/21)
- Bitcoin rose above $79,000 on OKX, gaining 9.09% on the day and adding about $80 billion in market value.
- The rally followed a break above Bitcoin's 200-day moving average, a long-term technical level watched by traders.
- South Korea's Upbit saw its 24-hour trading volume jump 223.8% to $1.67 billion as Bitcoin's surge boosted Asian trading activity.
- South Korean lawmakers introduced amendments that would give the Financial Intelligence Unit direct enforcement powers against unregistered virtual asset service providers.
- Binance founder Changpeng Zhao called for tokenizing all assets and pointed to rapid growth in BNB Chain RWA holders, while Shinhan Asset Management signed a tokenized fund proof-of-concept deal with the Solana Foundation and partners.
Bitcoin climbed above $79,000 on OKX, extending a sharp daily gain and lifting its market value by roughly $80 billion. The move came after the price broke above the 200-day moving average, a level often treated as a key long-term trend marker. From a market perspective, the rally was bullish for crypto assets and trading platforms, while spillover into stocks, gold, and FX appeared limited.
Trading activity across Asia also picked up sharply. Upbit, South Korea's largest exchange, reported a 223.8% increase in 24-hour volume to $1.67 billion as local traders responded to the Bitcoin move. The jump points to stronger risk appetite in regional crypto markets and is supportive for exchange volumes and related digital-asset names.
The report also highlighted policy and tokenization developments in South Korea and at Binance. Lawmakers proposed changes that would give the Financial Intelligence Unit direct authority over unregistered virtual asset service providers, while Changpeng Zhao urged broader tokenization of assets and cited growth in BNB Chain RWA holders. Separately, Shinhan Asset Management signed a memorandum with the Solana Foundation, Etherfuse, and Orca on a Korean won-denominated tokenized fund proof-of-concept.
亚洲市场日报：比特币突破7.9万美元，Upbit交易量飙升，Binance创始人CZ力推代币化（2026/8/21）
比特币在 OKX 一度升破 7.9 万美元，延续明显涨势，市值约增加 800 亿美元。此次上涨发生在价格突破 200 日均线之后，这一位置通常被视为重要的长期趋势参考。就市场影响看，这轮走势对加密资产和交易平台偏利好，对股票、黄金和外汇的直接外溢影响则相对有限。
亚洲地区的交易活跃度也明显上升。韩国最大交易所 Upbit 的 24 小时交易量增长 223.8%，达到 16.7 亿美元，显示本地交易者对比特币上涨反应积极。这说明区域加密市场风险偏好回升，对交易所成交和相关数字资产板块形成支撑。
报道还提到韩国监管和代币化方面的进展。韩国议员提出修法，拟赋予金融情报机构对未注册虚拟资产服务商的直接执法权；与此同时，赵长鹏呼吁推动更广泛的资产代币化，并提到 BNB Chain 上 RWA 持有人增长。新韩资产管理也与 Solana Foundation、Etherfuse 和 Orca 签署了韩元计价代币化基金概念验证合作。