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.

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Markets

ARK Bought $17.8M of COIN, $11.2M of HOOD as Market Slumped

COIN lost 7.3% on Monday to close at $189.47 amid a market sell-off in which crypto and global stock markets experienced one of their sharpest losses in recent years.

Sale (Justin Lim/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Crash to $50K Dashes Carry Traders' Hopes

Carry trading, a popular strategy from the first quarter, involves profiting from pricing discrepancies between two markets.

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Markets

Bitcoin Dips Below $50K as Investors Flee Risk Assets

Ether slumped by the most since May 2021.

Man with his head down on his laptop facing the Agony of Defeat (Getty Images)

Markets

Crypto Futures Record $1B in Liquidations as Bitcoin Nosedives, Ether Slumps Most Since 2021

A sentiment index that tracks crypto markets changed to “fear” early Monday as ETH recorded its worst single-day drop since May 2021.

A boy standing on diving board. (Photo and Co/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Lender Ledn Handed Out $1.16B Worth of Loans in First Half of 2024

The platform witnessed a 29.8% jump in retail lending between the first and second quarters.

Ledn co-founders Mauricio Di Bartolomeo (left) and Adam Reeds (Ledn)

Policy

WazirX Co-Founder Nischal Shetty Says All Options Are on the Table for Fund Recovery

Shetty said that outreach efforts to different exchanges “are going to be crucial.”

WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty (WazirX)

Markets

Bitcoin's Future Could be Tied to the Outcome of the U.S. Election: Jefferies

Trump’s policy shift towards crypto is very recent, but it may impact the price of bitcoin in the near term depending on who wins the U.S. election in November, the report said.

Bitcoin price could be tied to the outcome of the U.S. election, Jefferies said. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Dogecoin Pup Owner’s New Shiba Inu Ends Up in NEIRO Memecoin Drama

A new class of memecoins was birthed on Solana and Ethereum networks over the weekend as the owner of the dog that inspired Dogecoin got a new pup - despite her officially distancing from all such tokens.

DOGE Meme shiba inu (Atsuko Sato)

Markets

Bitcoin Slides to $66K in Wake of Silk Road BTC Movements, Solana’s SOL Leads Majors Losses

“It’s going to be extremely volatile this week, so I will not be surprised to see BTC price get another 10% drop/pump,” one analyst noted.

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Policy

WazirX Surveys Users on Recovery Options After $230M Hack, Leaves Customers and Industry Players Fuming

The Indian crypto exchange has put out a fresh statement clarifying that the poll was "not legally binding" and was a "preliminary step to understand" customer opinions.

WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty (WazirX)