Parikshit Mishra

Parikshit Mishra is CoinDesk's Regional Head of Asia, managing the editorial team in the region. Before joining CoinDesk, he was the EMEA Editor at Acuris (Mergermarket), where he dealt with copies related to private equity and the startup ecosystem. He has also worked as an Senior Analyst for CRISIL, covering the European markets and global economies. His most notable tenure was with Reuters, where he worked as a correspondent and an editor for various teams. He does not have any crypto holdings.

Parikshit Mishra

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Policy

Stablecoin Bill Could Be Ready for the U.S. House Soon Says Top Democrat Maxine Waters: Bloomberg

Waters has previously called a version of the stablecoin bill “deeply problematic and bad for America."

Capitol Hill building, Washington DC (Darren Halstead/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

'Buy Bitcoin' Sign Sold for Over $1M at Auction

Proceeds will go to fund the development of Bitcoin layer-2 lightning startup Tirrel Corp.

Christian Langlais holds up a "Buy Bitcoin" sign behind Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in July 2017. (C-Span)

Finance

Morgan Stanley May Soon Allow Brokers to Pitch Bitcoin ETFs to Customers: Report

The move may bring fresh energy and capital into the spot ETFs.

Morgan Stanley (Shutterstock)

Markets

BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Snaps 71-Day Inflow Streak, Data Show

Inflows have slowed this month, taking the wind out of the bitcoin bull run.

BlackRock is one of the big-name providers offering a spot bitcoin ETF. (Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Jack Dorsey’s Block Is Building a Bitcoin Mining System

The firm also completed the development of its three-nanometer mining chip, which it had been working on since April 2023.

Jack Dorsey speaks at Consensus 2018 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Custody Firm Fireblocks Now Offers DeFi Threat Detection for Institutions

The dApp Protection and Transaction Simulation products can check decentralized applications across 40+ blockchains via WalletConnect, Fireblocks’ browser extension, and MetaMask Institutional.

Fireblocks sign at Miami airport during Bitcoin Miami conference 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao Apologizes Ahead of Sentencing, 161 Others Send Letters of Support

Zhao is scheduled to be sentenced on April 30 after he and Binance settled charges with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in November 2023.

CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Number of Stablecoin Holders Nears 100M Mark, Data Show

The number of addresses holding stablecoins has risen 15% this year, according to data source rwa.xyz.

The supply of stablecoins USDT and USDC  grew by $10 billion in a month, 10x research noted. (Shubham Dhage/Unsplash)

Policy

Nigeria’s Central Bank Deletes Then Reinstates Tweet Calling Crypto-Related Directive Fake

The Central Bank of Nigeria did not immediately respond to CoinDesk’s request for comment.

Lagos, Nigeria (Nupo Deyon Daniel/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Bulls Pin Hopes on Weaker Dollar to Extend Rally

Some banks, however, foresee a continued dollar strength on the back of divergent interest rate expectations and the threat of U.S. tariffs.

(engin akyurt/Unsplash)