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Asian equities traded in the US as American depositary receipts were lower on Wednesday morning, down 1.2% to 2,064.56 on the S&P Asia 50 ADR Index.

From North Asia, the gainers were led by cryptocurrency miner Bit Mining and computer hardware maker Canaan , which advanced 8.1% and 5.7%, respectively. They were followed by capital market company AMTD IDEA Group , which climbed 3.3%.

The decliners from North Asia were led by solar module manufacturer Jinko Solar and carmaker Honda , which were falling nearly 13% and 8.7%, respectively. They were followed by Chinese photovoltaics company Daqo New Energy , which dropped 4%.

From South Asia, the gainers were led by pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy's Laboratories , which was up 4.5%.

The decliners from South Asia were led by telecom Telekomunikasi Indonesia , which fell 1.9%, followed by ICICI Bank , which retreated 1.4%.

BIT Mining said Friday it has agreed to sell its entire mining pool business operated under BTC.com to Esport - Win Ltd. for $5 million.

The sale is expected to boost BIT Mining's total shareholders' equity by about $16 million, as the business carries around $11 million in cryptocurrency net liabilities.

The sale of the business, which is subject to certain closing conditions and applicable regulatory approvals, does not include or affect other businesses of BIT Mining, the cryptocurrency mining company said.

BIT Mining was up 1% in recent trading on Friday.

Asian equities traded in the US as American depositary receipts edged higher on Wednesday morning, up 0.3% to 1,715.80 on the S&P Asia 50 ADR Index.

From North Asia, the gainers were led by crypto miner Bit Mining and computer hardware maker Canaan , which each rose about 12%. They were followed by autonomous aerial vehicle company Ehang , which rose 7.6%.

The decliners from North Asia were led by used car retailer Uxin and tech company NetEase , which fell 8.8% and 4.1% respectively.

From South Asia, the gainers were led by tech conglomerate Sea and India's ICICI Bank , which gained almost 5% and 0.7% respectively. The decliners were led by Philippine telecom PLDT , which dropped 1.2%.