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

Bitcoin ETFs Snap Outflows Streak, Accumulate $15.4M

One analyst said quarter-end inflows could be stronger than usual.

Water, tap. (Arcaion/Pixabay)

Markets

Crypto Traders Dismiss Waning ETF Inflows as Bitcoin Holds Steady Over $70K

Grayscale's GBTC product saw large outflows last week and inflows to other ETFs did not increase in tandem, briefly fueling concerns of a spot-driven selloff.

Price rising charts markets indices (Unsplash)

Markets

Base Blockchain Transactions Jump on Meme Coin Led Frenzy

The blockchain could see huge traction among retail audiences due to its proximity to the prominent Coinbase exchange, a sentiment that’s driving activity and growth of native Base tokens.

Coinbase's Base blockchain booth at ETHDenver (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC Seeks $1.95B Fine in Final Judgment Against Ripple

Stuart Alderoty, Ripple Labs’ chief legal officer, criticized the SEC and wrote that the company will file its response to the SEC’s motion next month.

SEC (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

AIOZ Network Partners With Alibaba Cloud to Boost AI, Storage and Streaming Services

Alibaba Cloud teamed up with NEAR to enhance web3 adoption in Asia last year.

(Larry Teo/Unsplash)

Markets

Fantom’s FTM is the Best Performing Non-Meme Token of the Past 30 Days

Fantom's impending Sonic upgrade, expected to boost transaction processing speeds, may have galvanized investor interest in the cryptocurrency.

FTM's price. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Frax Finance Targets $100B Value Locked in Singularity Roadmap

Frax's singularity roadmap has set a target of $100 billion in TVL for its layer 2 Fraxtal.

Frax Finance's Sam Kaizeman (Wikipedia)

Markets

Bitcoin Tests $66K as Analysts Expect More Volatility Before Calm

The market might take a breather this weekend, says Singapore's QCP Capital.

(CoinDesk Indicies)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Backpack Appoints Stripe, Banking Veteran as CFO

Backpack was founded by Armani Ferrante and Tristan Yver, alums of defunct trading company Alameda Research and bankrupt crypto exchange FTX respectively

Backpack CFO Oliver  Sleafer (Backpack)

Policy

North Korean Crypto Hackers Have Stolen $3B Since 2017, Says UN Security Council: Report

A UN Security Council panel is investigating 17 crypto heists in 2023, for which North Korea may have been responsible, which were valued at more than $750 million

North Korea (Micha Brändli/Unsplash)