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

Aave Should Block Curve Token Borrowing, Risk Management Firm Proposes

An ongoing crisis situation stemming from a large curve token collateral can be prevented by pausing all borrowing activity, Gauntlet argued in a Wednesday protocol.

(vlastas/iStock)

Policy

Race for Ether Futures ETFs Kicks Off With 6 Firms Filing SEC Applications

Volatility Shares, Bitwise, VanEck, Roundhill, ProShares and Grayscale have filed applications with the SEC for Ether ETFs.

Photo of the SEC logo on a building wall

Tech

Coinbase Looks to Add Bitcoin Lightning for Payments

The move is part of the exchange's broader plan to improve cryptocurrency-based payments globally.

Bitcoin Lightning could be coming to Coinbase, CEO Armstrong said. (Coinbase)

Finance

Binance's Largest Market Is China: WSJ

China is Binance’s largest market, amounting to 20% of worldwide volume

(Pixabay)

Policy

G20 President India Publishes Its Input for Framing Global Crypto Rules

India's presidency note on crypto is an effort to have its suggestions included in the framing of global crypto rules.

(L-R) Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in Washington DC in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)

Finance

DeFi Platform Term Finance Brings Fixed Rate Lending to Ethereum

Short term, fixed rate loans can now work in harmony with Aave and Compound's "ultimate liquidity" model.

Dion Chu, founder and CEO (Term Labs)

Policy

Binance Japan Starts Onboarding Users

Two years earlier, the exchange was warned by Japanese regulators that it was operating in the country without permission.

CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Is Sam Bankman-Fried Tied to a New Apparent Crypto Scam Called BALD?

On-chain data shows bald's deployer contract has interacted with Alameda-linked wallets and was an active DeFi participant in the early days.

Despite claims by right-wing political figures, Sam Bankman-Fried was definitely not a free man when he (right) exited a Manhattan courtroom on July 26, 2023. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Traders Pile Into CRV Shorts Amid Concerns Over Curve Founder's Collateralized Borrowing

Traders pile into short positions in the perpetual futures market as potential liquidation of founder's crypto borrowing may destabilise the broader decentralized finance ecosystem.

CRV hit 8-month lows of below $0.50. (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)

Finance

LeetSwap Halts Trading After $630K Drained From Liquidity Pairs

Coinbase’s Layer 2 blockchain has another problem on its hands.

Circling the drain downwards spiral (Shutterstock)