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

Leaders of $190M Brazilian Crypto Ponzi Scheme Sentenced to Over 170 Years in Prison


The alleged crypto Ponzi scheme lured some 20,000 investors with false promises and raised over $190 million from them.

Lady Justice (Wesley Tingey/Unsplash)

Tech

Ethena, Securitize Target Q2 Mainnet Launch for RWA-Focused Blockchain, Tap Arbitrum, Celestia

The Converge chain is set to have fast blocktimes, let users pay gas fees in Ethena's tokens and support both permissionless and permissioned apps, the teams said.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo (left) and Ethena founder Guy Young (Securitize)

Markets

Lombard Finance Launches Toolkit to Unlock Bitcoin’s $154B DeFi Opportunity

Major exchanges Binance and Bybit have already integrated the SDK, which routes staked BTC into Lombard’s DeFi Vault.

Lombard co-founder Jacob Phillips (Lombard)

Markets

XRP Downside Fears Persist Despite ETF Optimism, Options Data Show

XRP's recent price movement suggests a possible re-test of lows around $1.6, despite its strong order book depth.

XRP options skew. (Amberdata/Deribit)

Markets

Bitcoin and U.S. Equities Show Early Signs of Fading Correlation

Safe-haven asset charts its own course amid market turbulence.

Volatility fades. (meriç tuna/Unsplash)

Tech

Quantum Computing Group Offers 1 BTC to Whoever Breaks Bitcoin's Cryptographic Key

Quantum computers can rapidly break the cryptographic algorithms that secure blockchain networks.

(Dan Cristian Pădureț/Unsplash)

Markets

Panama City Greenlights Bitcoin, Ether Payments for Tax and City Services

The capital of Panama will accept crypto payments for certain services, Panama city Mayor Mayer Mizrachi said in an X post.

FastNews (CoinDesk)

Markets

SOL Jumps 6%, Bitcoin Clings to $84K on Dampened Rate Cut Hopes

A human and machine view of major tokens SOL, XRP, ETH and BTC on April 17, 2024.

(PhotoMosh)

Markets

Coinbase Embroiled in Alleged Frontrunning Controversy With ‘Base Is for Everyone’ Token

At least three wallets bought tokens before Base announced the launch on X.

Coinbase. (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Finance

Trump-Family Backed World Liberty Gets $25M Investment From DWF Labs


DWF Labs opened a New York office and invested in World Liberty Financial, backing its stablecoin USD1 and decentralized finance growth

DWF Labs managing partner Andrei Grachev (LinkedIn)