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

Classifying Crypto Tokens as Securities Will Hamper Some Blockchains’ Decentralization Efforts, Bernstein Says

The core issue is whether countries should use securities law framed decades ago to categorize crypto tokens, without realizing the efforts of blockchain networks’ to transform existing financial systems, the report said.

Decentralized network diagram (Shutterstock)

Finance

Investing Platform eToro to Delist 4 Cryptocurrencies for U.S. Users Next Month

eToro cited "recent developments" as the reason for the move, referring to the SEC's legal action against Coinbase and Binance and the regulator labelling certain cryptocurrencies as securities.

A magnifying glass over Etoro logo

Tech

Atomic Wallet Hackers Move Stolen Funds via OFAC-Sanctioned Exchange Garantex: Elliptic

The attackers are believed to be the infamous North Korean hacker group Lazarus, as per blockchain security firm Elliptic.

Cypher Protocol suffers exploit (Clint Patterson/Unsplash)

Markets

South Korean Crypto Yield Platform Haru Invest Pauses Withdrawals and Deposits

The firm blamed the pause on a “certain issue” with one of its service partners, and said it is working on a contingency plan, according to a blog update.

South Korea flag (Daniel Bernard/ Unsplash)

Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried's Bahamas Litigation May Take ‘Months or Years,’ His Counsel Says

The FTX founder’s lawyers argue that a new Supreme Court judgment shows that he has not committed fraud.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

Markets

Robinhood’s May Crypto Trading Volume Falls 68% to $2.1B

The trading platform recently delisted three tokens that were classified as securities in the SEC's lawsuit against Coinbase and Binance.

Robinhood app on a smartphone (Shutterstock)

Tech

Blockchain Staking Provider Chorus One Expands to Peer-to-Peer Network Urbit

Chorus One's bet on Urbit's future growth is described by executives as a natural extension of the company's staking services on blockchains including Ethereum, Solana, Cosmos and Polkadot.

Josh Lehman, executive director, Urbit Foundation, spoke at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas, in April. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Curve Finance Founder Deposits $24M CRV into Aave to Safeguard $65M Stablecoin Loan

CRV is trading 2.1% lower over the past 24-hours following a sharp drop on Saturday.

CRV/USD chart (Cryptowatch)

Markets

Open Interest in Binance's BNB Token Futures Jumps to 5-Month High

The surge in open interest comes alongside a decline in price and signals an influx of bearish short positions in the market.

BNB futures open interest (Coinglass)

Finance

Hut 8 Says Repairs to Damaged Crypto Mining Equipment Are Taking Longer Than Expected

The delays are impairing the miner's hashrate and bitcoin production.

A Hut 8 mining facility (hut8.io)