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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Tech

Pendle Finance Users Can Now Profit From Real World Assets

Pendle will use MakerDao’s boosted Savings (sDAI) and Flux Finance’s fUSDC in its first real-world assets (RWA) based product.

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Policy

Bitstamp to Stop Ether Staking in U.S. Amid Regulatory Scrutiny

The Luxembourg-based exchange said that all other services will remain unaffected.

The Bitstamp booth at a crypto conference (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin, Ether Trade Below 'Maximum Pain' Levels Ahead of $2.7B Options Settlement

A lot of put options are in-the-money, crypto options exchange Deribit's Lin Chen said.

Bitcoin options open interest by strike price and the max pain point (Deribit)

Finance

SBI-Owned B2C2 Eyes European Expansion With Acquisition of Rival Trading Firm Woorton

B2C2 will now have access to Woorton's EU license that will permit it to serve institutional clients in the EU.

The UK government wants to regulate crypto like finance, not gambling (Ugur Akdemir/Unsplash)

Tech

Blockchain Security Firm Quantstamp Hopes to Battle Flash Loan Attacks With New Service

The service has been released in collaboration with researchers from the University of Toronto.

(Getty Images)

Finance

Thailand’s New Pro-Crypto Prime Minister Was an Active Crypto Investor

The resolution of political drama and appointment of Srettha Thavisin as Thailand’s next Prime Minister means a 10,000 THB ‘airdrop’ is likely happening.

(Pixabay)

Markets

XRP Gives Up All Gains Made After Ripple Labs’ SEC Victory

A generally bearish market has weighed down on XRP prices after a landmark victory by Ripple Labs.

XRP prices have retracted all SEC-driven gains. (CoinGecko)

Policy

Australia's CBDC Likely Some Years Away, Central Bank Says

The report said that in a way a "CBDC could be viewed as an enabling complement to, rather than substitute for, private sector innovation."

Australia's government is taking a deliberate approach toward creating crypto laws. (Unsplash)

Markets

Nearly All Short-Term Bitcoin Owners Are Underwater, Making Rallies Harder

"The real problem is the current fragile market set-up for BTC, because short-term holders are underwater in both price and narrative," one observer said.

Ocean, sea (Pexels/Pixabay)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Coinbase Acquires Stake in Circle

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for August 22, 2023.

Coinbase sticker on a Macintosh laptop