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

Animoca Looks to Go Public in Hong Kong or Middle East in 2025: Report

The prominent Web3 investor has held talks with investment banks, but has yet to decide on an adviser.

Yat Siu, co-founder of Animoca Brands at Consensus 2023 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Many EU Crypto Entities May Not Know the Correct Deadline for Sustainability Disclosures Under MiCA: Risk Analyst

The confusion around the correct deadline may be a matter of interpretation, even though a specific clarification has been made by the regulator.

EU regulators are exploring the boundaries of MiCA regulation. (Pixabay)

Markets

Investcorp and Securitize Launch Fund Tokenization Partnership

The partnership aims to create on-chain Real World Assets based on Investcorp's funds.

Computer, money. (TheDigitalWay/Pixabay)

Markets

Renewed Bullishness Expected After Bitcoin, Ether's $10B Options Expiry on Friday

Over 25% of options are set to expire "in the money," Deribit's Luuk Strijers told CoinDesk.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Execution-Only Platform Crossover Markets Raises $12M

The Series A round was led by Illuminate Financial and DRW Venture Capital.

Crossover Markets cofounders (left to right): Anthony Mazzarese (CCO),  Brandon Mulvihill (CEO),  Vladislav Rysin (CTO) (Crossover Markets)

Tech

Cardano Unfazed by Failed DDoS Attack Targeting Staked ADA

No downtime was observed as a Cardano developer managed to attack the attacker and take back some funds.

ddos (Shutterstock)

Markets

German Government Entity Moves $24M Bitcoin to Kraken, Coinbase: Arkham

Tuesday’s movements come days after the entity shifted $425 million among wallets, with some bitcoin transferred to exchanges.

(Jason Leung/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Ether Spot ETFs Could See Lower Demand Compared to Bitcoin Peers: Bernstein

Ether and other digital assets need a better regulatory regime and the narrative is expected to improve around the U.S. elections later this year, the report said.

Ether spot ETFs to see same sources of demand as bitcoin versions but on lower scale: Bernstein. (Rob Mitchell/CoinDesk)

Markets

Mt. Gox Redemption Fears ‘Overblown’ Say Traders as $10B BTC Holdings Draw Concerns

The defunct crypto exchange’s trustees said Monday they are preparing to start distributing bitcoin (BTC) stolen from clients in a 2014 hack in the first week of July.

Sale sign (Markus Spiske/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Holds $61K After a Brief Nosedive

Bitcoin briefly touched $59K in the early hours of the Asian+ trading day.

(CoinDesk Indices)