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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Finance

FTX Plans to Restart Crypto Exchange for International Customers

Proposed re-organization plan provides a pathway for a specific class of debtors to pool assets to create a new, offshore exchange.

New FTX CEO John J. Ray III (C-Span)

Markets

BALD Token Plunges 90% as Developer Pulls Liquidity

BALD launched a little over 24 hours ago and has attracted massive hype - and millions in capital - to Base blockchain.

(Jp Valery/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Firms Raised $129M Last Week, Led by Flashbots

The startup, focused on maximal extractable value (MEV) in blockchain transactions, raised $60 million in funding.

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Markets

Curve Finance's Token Surges 500% on Bithumb After Major Exploit

The CRV/KRW pair listed on South Korea's Bithumb exchange has decoupled from the CRV/USD pairs listed on Western exchanges that exhibit price weakness.

CRV's price in Korean won terms (TradingView)

Markets

Trader Turns $500 to Million-Dollar Fortune With BALD Meme Coin on Coinbase’s Blockchain

A meme coin frenzy has ensued on Coinbase’s layer 2 blockchain even as the network is not officially live yet.

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Markets

Upbit Halts CRV Withdrawal and Deposit After Curve Finance Exploit

Other exchanges say they are monitoring the situation closely but have not taken any action.

Cypher Protocol suffers exploit (Clint Patterson/Unsplash)

Policy

Binance Wins Operational License in Dubai

Binance met pre-conditions set since receiving a preparatory licence in September 2022.

Binance gets a license to operate more services in Dubai. (Kent Tupas/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Futures Show Bias for Uniswap's UNI Token After Curve Finance Exploit

UNI perpetual futures trade at 20% premium as traders expect Uniswap to gain even more market share after the CRV exploit, one research head said.

Interest in Uniswap's UNI token rose after the Curve Finance exploit. (Unsplash)

Policy

Worldcoin Being Probed by French Privacy Regulator for ‘Questionable’ Practices

Sam Altman’s latest eyeball-scanning initiative is attracting attention from data protection regulators.

Worldcoin's iris-scanning technology is being questioned by regulators (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Near to Help Colombian Web3 Social Network Blumer Build Token Infrastructure

Users will be able to convert Blumer tokens for other cryptocurrencies and withdraw to wallets.

The Colombian flag