Parikshit Mishra

Regional Head of Asia

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.

Latest from Parikshit Mishra

Markets

Bitcoin Short Squeeze Lifts Prices Back to $26K

A short squeeze refers to a price rally driven by an unwinding of bearish bets.

Sep 12, 2023

Bitcoin's price chart (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)

Finance

Binance Says SEC’s Request for Depositions Is ‘Overbroad’ and 'Unduly Burdensome'

Binance says the SEC has no evidence to support its allegations that imply investor assets have been wrongfully diverted

Sep 12, 2023

Policy

Standard Chartered-Backed Zodia Custody Now Available in Singapore

The development marks a rare marriage in the region of a traditional financial institution and a digital asset firm.

Sep 12, 2023

Singapore skyline (Mike Enerio/Unsplash)

Policy

DOJ 'Overreaching' in Trying to Block Sam Bankman-Fried's Proposed Witnesses, Defense Says

The DOJ, for its part, said the defense mischaracterized a proposed prosecution witness's planned testimony.

Sep 12, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Safekeeping Specialist Fireblocks Introduces Non-Custodial Wallet Service

The move will free up big fintechs from acting as custodians and makes it easier for their end users to access DeFi and other Web3 applications, Fireblocks said.

Sep 11, 2023

Fireblocks CEO Michael Shaulov (Fireblocks)

Policy

Coinbase Exchange Remains Inactive in India, While Other Operations Are Still Active

The question of the extent of Coinbase's operations in India was triggered after it sent emails to some customers asking them to withdraw their funds by September 25.

Sep 11, 2023

Policy

India Will Decide on Its Crypto Stance in Coming Months

India's individual position on crypto has been under further scrutiny since it steered the G20 towards endorsing a global framework for crypto.

Sep 11, 2023

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

Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried's Allotted Prison Tech Is Inconvenient, but Fair: U.S. DOJ

Federal prosecutors say the FTX founder's access to technology in pretrial detention goes "above and beyond '' that which other defendants have been offered.

Aug 30, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried leaving court on February 16, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

Markets

Grayscale Ruling Does Not Guarantee Bitcoin Spot ETF Approval, Traders Say

“It doesn't mean that now Grayscale will be 100% able to list a spot Bitcoin ETF, nor that this will happen in the future,” one trader said.

Aug 30, 2023

Chairman for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Gary Gensler. (SEC, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Planned Defense ‘Irrelevant’ Without More Details, Govt Says

The FTX founder’s constitutional rights are being violated because he is ‘unable’ to prepare his defense from jail, his lawyers argued

Aug 30, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried outside court in July 2023. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)