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

Coinbase’s Layer 2 System Base Gets a Marketplace Linked to Gas Revenue

Dragonfly-backed startup Alkimiya unveils a DeFi market for betting on the price of blockspace on the Base rollup.

Alkimiya founder Leo Zhang (Alkimiya)

Markets

Bitcoin Bull Tom Lee Sees BTC Reaching as High as $250K by Year-End

Fundstrat's head of research, Tom Lee, calls for a potential short-term drawdown but remains bullish regarding the end-of-year target.

KULR expands bitcoin holdings to 510 BTC (Jacco Rienks, Unsplash)

Markets

One of Italy's Largest Banks Buys $1M Worth of Bitcoin: Report

Banking giant Intesa Sanpaolo, which has a market cap of $73 billion, has made its first crypto purchase.

Italy (Tanya Lapko / Unsplash)

Markets

Options Tied to BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Surge to Nearly 50% of Deribit's BTC Open Interest in Two Months

Options linked to BlackRock's spot bitcoin ETF (IBIT) began trading on Nov. 19 and have since grown to half the size of Deribit's BTC options market.

CME Group to Launch Options on Bitcoin Friday Futures (OleksandrPidvalnyi/Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Bank Sygnum Gets Unicorn Status With $58M Round

The Zurich and Singapore-based lender closed the oversubscribed "strategic growth round," which was led by BTC-focused venture capital firm Fulgur Ventures

16:9 Unicorn (Annie Spratt/Unsplash)

Finance

Binance.US Chief: The SEC Called Us a Cauldron of Fraud, Without Any Evidence

The debanking of Binance.US is Operation Chokepoint in action, said the exchange’s interim CEO Norman Reed.

Logo 3D de Binance impreso en dorado. (Rob Mitchell/CoinDesk)

Markets

Is Bitcoin Bottom In? BTC's Price Action is Inverse of December Peak Above $108K

BTC's latest price action seems to contrast sharply with the uptrend exhaustion observed at record highs above $108K in mid-December.

BTC's price slide may be over. (xing419/Pixabay)

Markets

MicroStrategy Added 2,530 Bitcoin for $243M, Bringing Holdings to 450K BTC

During a presentation in Orlando on Monday, Saylor told executives to invest in bitcoin instead of bonds, which he labeled as "toxic."

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor

Markets

Bitcoin Difficulty Hits All-Time High, Adjusts Positively for 8th Consecutive Time

When bitcoin typically puts in these many consecutive positive adjustments it has marked near cycle tops and bottoms.

BTC Difficulty Adjustment (Glassnode)

Markets

Bitcoin Under Pressure as Goldman Trims Fed Rate Cut Expectations, BofA Sees Potential Hike After Blowout Jobs Report

Risk assets trade weak as investment banks pare back Fed rate cuts in the wake of Friday's hotter-than-expected U.S. jobs report.

Goldman sees only two Fed rate cuts in 2025, BOfA sees extended Fed pause. (JamesQube/Pixabay)