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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Finance

Avalanche Is Back Up After Failing to Produce Block for Four Hours

Block finalization started to resume on Friday afternoon after developers released a software update that resolved a faulty logic in the code.

Avalanche. (Unsplash)

Markets

FIL, GRT Rally Boosts CoinDesk Computing Index as Bitcoin Struggles

FIL's market-beating surge to a 12-month high of $8.5 comes on the heels of Filecoin's Feb. 16 announcement that it would host programmable blockchain Solana's block history.

FIL's price chart (CoinDesk)

Tech

PancakeSwap Plans ‘Affiliates’ for Expansion; Cake Holders to Benefit

CAKE token holders will benefit from the success of affiliate forks as they will receive native DEX tokens from affiliates, if things go as planned.

Pancakes.(Mae Mu/Unsplash)

Markets

Ether ETFs Unlikely to Cause a 'Bubble,' Traders Say

Interest in ether bets rose significantly after the approval of spot bitcoin ETFs in January sparked optimism among ETH traders.

Is bitcoin heading into another macro-fueled bubble? (Zdeněk Macháček/Unsplash)

Finance

Injective Introduces 'ERC-404' Port to Capitalize on the Hype Around the Experimental Token Standard

Injective has partenred with DEX DojoSwap to introduce the CW-404 standard.

Injective Labs CEO Eric Chen (Injective)

Policy

FTX Estate Can Sell Near 8% Stake in AI StartUp Anthropic, Court Rules

The motion to sell around 7.84% of Anthropic that FTX held as of January 2024 had been filed in early February 2024.

John J Ray III took over as FTX CEO in November 2022 (House Committee on Financial Services)

Markets

Ondo Finance Integrates Tokenized Treasuries Onto Aptos

Aptos is the latest chain to offer users access to Ondo’s USDY.

(Unsplash, Kanchanara)

Markets

Ether's $3K Breakout Partly Fueled by Dealer Hedging, Analyst Says

Options dealers likely bought ETH in spot/futures market to hedge their short positions in call options, adding to bullish momentum, BloFin's Griffin Ardern said.

A person looking at multiple trading screens. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

Policy

Bitcoin ETF Approval Comparable to 'Naked Emperor’s New Clothes,’ ECB Officials Say

The U.S. SEC’s approval of multiple spot ETFs and the billions of dollars that have poured in since don't make Bitcoin a good investment or a better means of payment, the central bankers said in a blog post.

European Central Bank building in Frankfurt, Germany. (Photo by Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images)

Policy

South Korea’s Most Populated Province Traces and Collects $4.6M From Crypto Tax Evaders

South Korea’s Gyeonggi Province tax department traced the crypto accounts through the mobile numbers of the delinquents held by local authorities.

A tax warning. (Yunha Lee/CoinDesk)