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

Solana Meme Coin MEW's Cat Character to Feature on Trending Telegram Mini Game

The MEW character will be featured on TON, the network where Pixelverse’s Telegram mini-games operate, in a first for a Solana meme coin.

MEW in-game character. (Pixelverse)

Markets

Pre-ETF Ether Options Trend Mirrors BTC Except for One Key Difference

The bullish sentiment in the ether options market is more measured than bitcoin in early January, indicating a low probability of a sell-the-fact event following the debut of ETFs.

(sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

Finance

Mantra to Tokenize $500M Real Estate Assets for UAE Builder MAG Group

In March, the Middle-East-focused Mantra raised $11 million for its real-world tokenization efforts.

John Patrick Mullin, CEO of Mantra (Left) and Talal Moafaq Al Gaddah, CEO of MAG Lifestyle Development (Right) (Mantra)

Policy

U.S. Judge Sets Stage for NFT Securities Trial as DraftKings Lawsuit Moves Forward

The class action suit from DraftKings buyers alleges that NFTs are investment contracts.

Detail view of a DraftKings Sportsbook advertisement at an NHL game. (Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)

Tech

Bittensor’s TAO Slides 15% After $8M Wallet Drain Attack

The blockchain was paused early Wednesday to contain the exploit, with security researchers suspecting a private key leakage.

hacker (Cybercrime / Getty Images)

Markets

Biden's Odds of Dropping Out Jump to 55% on Polymarket as Obama Raises 'Concerns' About Presidential Campaign

Traders are now giving a 55% chance President Biden abandons his campaign and a 42% chance he does it before the Democratic convention

Former President Donald Trump (left) and President Joe Biden (right) debated in Atlanta on Thursday night. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Finance

Astar Network to Burn 350M ASTR, 5% of Total Supply

The tokens were originally allocated to the now sunsetted Polakdot parachain auctions.

(Jp Valery/Unsplash)

Finance

Peter Thiel's Founders Fund Leads $85M Seed Investment Into Open-Source AI Platform Sentient

The project aims to address concerns about the proliferation of AI whereby the underlying code is concentrated in the hands of a few superpowers like Google or Meta.

Rachel Sun/CoinDesk

Markets

Bitcoin Traders Position for ‘Bullish July’ as BTC ETFs Record $124M Inflows

Bitcoin has a median return of 9.6% in July and tends to bounce back strongly, one trading firm said.

(Shutterstock)

Markets

Crypto Spot ETFs Will Have More Influence on Market's Price Action: Canaccord

Ether spot ETFs, once launched, should help broaden institutional appetite for other digital assets, the report said.

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack