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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Markets

Hedera's HBAR Doubles as Market Misinterprets BlackRock's Involvement in Tokenization, Then Falls 25%

The market gave back some of its earlier gains after realizing BlackRock wasn't directly involved in the tokenization on Hedera's blockchain.

HBAR Foundation said "BlackRock fund is tokenized," Crypto Twitter heard "BlackRock has tokenized fund." (Wikimedia Commons)

Policy

Tether Will Freeze Wallets Evading Venezuelan Sanctions

Use of Tether has increased in Venezuela after the U.S. reimposed sanctions on oil exports.

Tether 's logo painted on a wooden background.

Policy

Crypto.com Postpones South Korea Launch After Reports of Money Laundering Probe

The firm maintains the "highest" anti-money laundering standards in the industry, it said in a statement to CoinDesk.

Crypto.com has registered as a crypto provider with the central bank in the Netherlands (crypto.com)

Policy

Ripple Says $10M Penalty Enough, Rejects SEC’s Ask of $1.95B Fine in Final Judgment

The court had found Ripple violated federal securities laws by making institutional sales of XRP but dismissed other allegations brought by the SEC.

Ripple ad in Washington's Union Station (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin's Post-Halving Demand to Be 5x Greater Than Supply, Bitfinex Estimates

The new BTC supply added to the market could drop to $30 million per day, according to Bitfinex.

Water, pipes. (analogicus/Pixabay)

Finance

ZKasino Users Plead for Refunds as $33M of Bridged Ether Sent to Lido

Depositors were originally told that bridged ether would be returned once the bridging phase was over.

ZKasino sents $33M to Lido (Carl Raw/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Layer 2s Have Their Moment

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for April 22, 2024.

Trading screen.

Markets

Bitcoin Miners Have Raked in Abnormal Transaction Fees Since Halving: Bernstein

The spike in network fees was driven by speculative activity to mint new meme tokens following the launch of the Runes protocol, the report said.

Bitcoin miners (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin's Unique Volatility Profile in Focus as VIX and MOVE Spike

Bitcoin's implied or expected volatility remains positively correlated with its price as traditional market fear gauges spike amid broad-based risk aversion.

(sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

Policy

Binance Exec's Wife Denies Report of Extradition to Nigeria

Nigerian media outlets have reported, citing government sources, that Nadeem Anjarwalla, who escaped Nigerian custody in March, could be extradited back to the country within the week.

(Vadim Artyukhin/Unsplash)