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

Bitcoin Transaction Fees Come Crashing Down Post Halving

After the halving, fees spiked to $146 for a medium-priority transaction and $170 for a high-priority transaction.

(data.hashrateindex.com)

Markets

Bitcoin Spot ETFs Register Five-Day Withdrawals Streak Ahead of Halving

GBTC again led the outflows, while inflows into BlackRock's IBIT continued to slow, provision data from Farside show.

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack

Markets

Polymarket Traders See 32% Chance of No Fed Rate Cuts This Year

The hawkish shift in the market sentiment could dampen the demand for risk assets, including cryptocurrencies and technology stocks.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

New Zealand Starts Digital Cash Consultation

The consultation paper asked its citizens to respond on the digital cash design, whether or not interest should be paid and if there should be holding limits.

Wellington, New Zealand (Wolf Zimmermann/ Unsplash)

Finance

USDe Holders Should Monitor Ethena's Reserve Fund to Avoid Risk, CryptoQuant Warns

CryptoQuant also said that Ethena's keep rate should remain above 32% in the event of a bear market.

Ethena Labs' keep rate (CryptoQuant)

Finance

Binance Could Come Back to India by Paying $2M Fine: Report

The exchange could return as a FIU-registered firm after paying the fine, the report added.

(Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Dominance Increases as Halving Nears and BTC Price Lingers Near $61K

BTC dominance is creeping upwards as Layer-1s and Artificial Intelligence tokens had a rough week, while Google search interest in the halving skyrockets.

(CoinDesk Indices)

Finance

DeFi Firm Usual Labs Raises $7M Round Led by Kraken Ventures and IOSG Ventures

The firm has received a commitment of $75 million in total value locked for the launch of its stablecoin USD0.

Usual Labs founding team. (Usual labs)

Finance

Bitcoin ETFs Are Driving a Spot Multiplier Effect, Canaccord Says

Many investors find the underlying cryptocurrency more attractive than ETFs given the ability to hedge and to generate yield on HODLs, the report said.

Computer, money. (TheDigitalWay/Pixabay)

Web3

Bored Ape NFT Prices Tank to August 2022 Levels, Down 90% From Peak

Bored Apes were one of the most globally hyped NFTs in the last bull market, but have suffered amid a general lack of demand for NFT collections.

(Dylan Calluy/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)