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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Markets

Memecoin Launchpad GraFun Expands to Ethereum to Clinch New Users

Expanding to Ethereum will help GraFun capture newer audiences, tap into higher liquidity for meme issuances and increase the platform’s visibility among crypto traders.

(GraFun)

Markets

MicroStrategy Upsizes Debt Offering to $2.6B; Breaks Into Top 100 U.S. Public Companies by Market Cap

The company's stock is now up over 500% year-to-date, approaching a $100 billion market cap.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk/Danny Nelson)

Markets

Dogecoin, XRP Trading Volumes Flip Bitcoin’s in South Korea

South Korean traders are known for pushing euphoric rallies on tokens, contributing to buying pressure and possibly influencing prices.

South Korea flag (Daniel Bernard/ Unsplash)

Markets

Pro Crypto Traders Are Leveraging IBIT Options to Bet on BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Doubling to $100: Observers

The bullish sentiment in the IBIT options is consistent with the noticeable activity in the $200,000 bitcoin call trading on Deribit.

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Woo X Adds AI-Powered Trader ‘George AI’ to Its Copy Trade App

Traders can copy “George AI” instead of the best humans on the copy trade leader board, or bet each week on who will win out of man versus machine.

Are human traders becoming obsolete? (Woo X)

Tech

Coinbase Delists Wrapped Bitcoin wBTC, Citing 'Listing Concerns'

Announcement comes shortly after the exchange launched its own ‘wrapped’ bitcoin on Base – cbBTC

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

Markets

MARA Holdings Upsizes Convertible Notes Offering by $150M Amid Overwhelming Investor Demand

The second-biggest publicly traded bitcoin holding company is looking to increase its token stash and pay off existing debt.

MARA Holdings to Generate Single Digit Yield on 7,377 BTC (Bradley Keoun/CoinDesk)

Markets

SOL Looks Set to Outperform BTC as Solana-Based DEXs Register Record $41B in Trading Volume: Godbole

The bullish technical setup is backed by record trading volumes on Solana-based decentralized exchanges (DEXs).

Solana party in Lisbon (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Donald Trump’s Media Group Eyes Purchase of Crypto Exchange Bakkt: Report

Trump Media and Technology Group, which operates Truth Social, is nearing an all-stock deal to purchase Bakkt, a struggling crypto trading venue owned by Intercontinental Exchange.

NYSE/Modified by CoinDesk

Markets

Ethereum's Ether Has Fallen Out of Investor Favor and How

The market assigns a very low probability of ether challenging its year-to-date high of around $4,000 by the end of December.

(Archivo de CoinDesk)