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

Latest from Parikshit Mishra


Markets

THORChain Sees Record $4.6B Volume After Bybit's $1.4B Hack

THORChain was one of the platforms Bybit hackers used to launder funds, according to observers.

Thor hammer (UnSplash)

Finance

Tether Names Simon McWilliams as CFO Amid Push for Full Audit

The stablecoin giant is moving toward a comprehensive financial audit as it expands its global operations

Tether. (CoinDesk archive)

Markets

U.S. Crypto Strategic Reserve More Likely, Further Details Needed: Citi

The President announced that XRP, SOL, BTC, ETH and ADA would be included in the strategic reserve.

Crypto market to stay highly correlated to stocks, Citi says. (Miquel Parera/Unsplash)

Policy

U.S. Senate Expected to Vote on Erasing IRS's Crypto Broker Rule That Threatens DeFi: Source

Senate leaders are said to be queuing up votes to reverse two Biden-era regulations tied to digital assets: the IRS DeFi rule and a CFPB digital-payments rule.

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto.Com Wants to Revive $5B Worth of CRO Tokens It Once Burned in Peculiar ‘Golden Age’ Proposal

Community reactions to the proposal have been swift and largely critical. The reissuance threatens to dilute value, a sore point for a community celebrating the 2021 burn as a moonshot moment.

Torch image via Shutterstock

Markets

Crypto-Equities Surge as Bitcoin Holds Above Key Level Ahead of U.S. Market Open

Strategy and Coinbase lead the crypto-equity rally in pre-market trading, both up double digits.

Crypto stocks surged after Trump's announcement rebounded the market.(Torsten Asmus/Getty images)

Markets

XRP Takes a Breather After Running to $3 as Trump's Crypto Reserve Takes Shape

Prices have pulled back to the descending trendline from Jan. 16 highs.

CoinDesk

Markets

Metaplanet Bought the Dip, Purchased a Further 156 BTC

Metaplanet now holds 2,391 BTC, with an average cost basis of $82,100.

japan (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

CME Bitcoin March Futures Gap Jumps By Over $9K

March futures opened at $95K early today, gapping higher by over $9K from Friday's high.

CME Bitcoin March futures gap higher. (TradingView)

Pageof 668