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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Web3

OpenSea Investor Coatue Cuts NFT Marketplace's Valuation by 90%: Report

Coatue also marked down its stake in MoonPay by 90%

Bored Ape Yacht Club #3001 (OpenSea, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Coinbase Adds 4 National Security Experts to Its Global Advisory Council

Coinbase has been embattled in efforts to legitimize crypto in the U.S. and is fighting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in an unregistered-securities dispute.

Just a couple of months after Coinbase launched a U.S. advocacy group for crypto enthusiasts, organizers say it's brought in $2 million and sent 16,000 messages to U.S. lawmakers. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin’s Role as ‘Digital Gold’ Will Aid Further Demand, Traders Say

Traders continue to point out bitcoin’s supposed role as ‘digital gold,’ amid economic headwinds in the U.S., as a possible price catalyst.

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Markets

Bitcoin Ordinals Protocol Token ORDI Rockets 50% on Binance Listing

Binance warned users to expect high volatility around ORDI token prices and gave it a risk classification of "higher-than-normal."

(David Mark/Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Tax Platform Blockpit Buys Rival Accointing From Glassnode

The "multi-million dollar" acquisition gives Austria-based Blockpit a footprint in the U.K.

Tax

Markets

Crypto Traders Are Earning 165% Yields by Staking a Token Named After Elon Musk’s Pet

Developers are trying to capture a piece of the global asset tokenization market as part of a new product in the Floki ecosystem.

Shiba Inu Doge dog (Getty Images)

Markets

CME Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Surge Indicates Interim BTC Price Top

Every once in a while, open interest sees a spike in a relatively short amount of time. When that happens, it nearly always marks a turning point for bitcoin prices, one observer noted.

Open interest in Chicago Mercantile Exchange's BTC futures has surged 35% in four weeks. (Erol Ahmed/Unsplash)

Markets

Coinbase Ending Support for Bitcoin SV

The crypto exchange de-listed Bitcoin SV (BSV) in 2021. Now, it's completely removing support for the token.

Craig Wright

Markets

XRP Spikes 10% as Several Institutions Adopt Ripple’s Services

XRP traders often react to Ripple developments even as the company maintains distance from the token.

XRP rallies 10% as institutions adoption Ripple's platform.

Markets

Bitcoin Addresses With Over $1K of BTC Hits Record 8M, Data Shows

The number could grow exponentially, representing a tremendous amount of purchasing power, one observer said.

BTC's price, addresses with at least $1,000 worth of BTC. (Blockware Solutions, Glassnode)