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

Australians More Likely to Invest in Spot Bitcoin ETFs After U.S. Approval: Study

The 5th edition of the Independent Reserve Cryptocurrency Index has revealed that 25% of Australians view Bitcoin more favourably after the spot Bitcoin ETF approval in January.

Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Johnny Bhalla on Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Options Trader Takes $20M Bet to Hedge Against Prices Dropping to $47K

The strategy provides a hedge against a potential bitcoin price pullback to $47,000 and costs over $20 million, according to crypto block trading service provider Greeks.Live.

butterfly-effect

Finance

Starknet Token STRK Begins Trading at $5 After Mammoth Airdrop

Fully diluted value of STRK reached as high as $50 billion with an initial market cap of $3.64 billion.

Pyth issues token airdrop (ian dooley/Unsplash)

Finance

Swiss Crypto Hedge Fund Tyr Capital Clashes With Client Over FTX Exposure: FT

Tyr investor TGT has brought claims against the hedge fund that it ignored several warnings over its ties with the now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX.

Switzerland flag (Stephen Leonardi/Unsplash)

Policy

UK Minister Expects Stablecoin and Staking Legislation Within Six Months: Bloomberg

Economic Secretary to the Treasury Bim Afolami has said the U.K. government was "pushing very hard" to bring legislation for stablecoins and staking services for crypto assets within six months.

U.K Economic Secretary Bim Afolami (U.K. Parliament)

Markets

Worldcoin’s Rocketing WLD Token Could Benefit Creditors of Three Arrows Capital, FTX

However, WLD prices may run into headwinds as a token unlock worth $165 million is set to begin today, occurring until Feb.26, data from Token Unlocks show.

The worldcoin orb. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Y Combinator, Startup Incubator Behind Airbnb, Coinbase, and Stripe, Looks to Invest in Stablecoin Finance

YC also said that the numbers behind stablecoin finance reflect "the opportunity seems much more immense still."

Silicon Valley, Golden Gate Bridge (Nik Shuliahin/Unsplash)

Markets

AI Tokens Rally as OpenAI’s Sora Brings Renewed Hope to the Sector

Sector tokens jumped 7.7% on average in the past 24 hours, CoinGecko data shows, with Ocean Protocol’s OCEAN and Fetch.AI’s FET rising more than 10%.

Artificial Intelligence (Markus Winkler/Unsplash)

Finance

Sui Overtakes Aptos, Cardano in Value Locked; Sees $310M Inflow in 30 Days

The Sui blockchain reached a peak of 6,000 TPS in December as it produced 13.8 million blocks in one day.

Sui blockchain TVL (DefiLlama)

Finance

Cathie Wood’s ARK Offloads $90M Coinbase Shares Amid Slew of Analyst Upgrades

ARK sold Coinbase shares from ARK Innovation ETF, ARK Next Generation Internet ETF, and ARK Fintech Innovation ETF.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood (Marco Bello/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)