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

CrowdStrike Outage Could Be Fixed Within the Day, Unlikely Caused by a Hack, Polymarket Bettors Say

Bettors are placing their money on the service being fixed by the end of Friday, with a slight possibility of it happening by mid-day.

A 'Blue Screen of Death' (Wikipedia)

Markets

CrowdStrike, Windows BSoD Meme Tokens Populate Solana and Ethereum Amid Global Internet Outage

Some of these tokens have liquidity of upto $50,000 worth of stablecoins, quickly running to market capitalizations of as much as $1 million on paper.

Blue screen of death

Markets

Bitcoin, SHIB Trade at 30% Haircut on WazirX as Exploiter Converts Stolen Loot to Ether

The exchange blamed a data discrepancy with a custodial platform for having caused the transfer of assets. But popular members of the Indian crypto community aren’t buying that narrative.

hacker (Cybercrime / Getty Images)

Policy

Standard Chartered, Animoca, and Three Others Join HKMA's Stablecoin Sandbox as Participants

On Wednesday, Hong Kong's central bank also said that it planned to present a bill on fiat-referenced stablecoins to the Legislative Council later this year.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Policy

Visa's Data Partner Allium Labs Raises $16.5M as Their New Findings Show Stablecoin Activity Is Back Up

Visa and Allium Labs released their latest findings on stablecoin activity which showed demand for stablecoins has picked back up in 2024 and there's a steady growth of monthly active stablecoin users.

Money (Alexander Mils/Unsplash)

Policy

BlockFi to Start Interim Crypto Distributions Through Coinbase This Month

BlockFi was the first victims of the contagion caused by crypto exchange FTX’s collapse in early November 2022 and filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 28, 2022.

BlockFi (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Finance

WazirX Hacked for $230M, Largely in SHIB, as Elliptic Says North Korea Behind Attack

One of the exchange's multisig wallets experienced a security breach, the exchange confirmed in an X post.

(Alpha Rad/Unsplash)

Tech

Mt. Gox Creditors Reportedly Hit By Failed Login Attempts Amid Repayments

The Mt. Gox claims portal “is temporarily down for maintenance” as of Asian morning hours Thursday, the site shows.

(CoinDesk)

Markets

Profit-Making Crypto Address Makes $16M Investment in BTC

The address has made $30 million in trading profits in the past 12 months, according to Lookonchain.

16:9 Wallet (Prasanta Sahoo/PIxabay)

Finance

Market Maker Flowdesk Doubled Down on the U.S. as Things Looked Bleak. Now That Bet Is Paying Off

Flowdesk's CEO made a contrarian bet on the U.S. while the SEC was waging war on crypto. Fast forward a year, and the country has bitcoin ETFs, ether ETFs are imminent and pro-crypto legislation is before the Senate.

head and shoulders shot of Flowdesk CEO Guilhem Chaumont