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

Floki Developers Plan to Burn $11M Tokens, Reducing Supply by 190B FLOKI

The figure represents 2% of the token’s circulating supply, or the number of tokens on the open market.

Money burning.

Markets

Dogecoin Bullish Bets Reach Record $1B

The tokens were up over 40% in the past 24 hours, continuing a rally as a beta bet on the blockchains they are based upon.

DOGE Meme shiba inu (Atsuko Sato)

Policy

SEC Objects to Terraform’s $166M Retainer of Law Firm Dentons: Reuters

Additionally, the SEC has said that Terraform should not be allowed to hire law firm Dentons or pay litigation costs for employees, the report said.

SEC logo (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Logs Biggest Single-Day Gain Since October, Market-Neutral Bets Yield 3x U.S. Treasury Notes

The attractive yield on the market-neutral cash and carry trade could draw more money to the crypto market.

bull-run

Finance

Liquid Restaking Protocol Ether.Fi Raises $23M Series A

The total amount of capital on ether.fi has jumped from $103 million to $1.66 billion since the turn of the year.

ether.fi raises $23 million (Giorgio Trovato/Unsplash)

Policy

Binance Nigeria Moved $26B Worth of Untraceable Funds in 2023, Central Bank Chief Says: Reports

The country's facing a crippling foreign exchange crisis and looking for ways to limit capital outflows, including via crypto.

Lagos, Nigeria (Nupo Deyon Daniel/Unsplash)

Markets

TON Rockets Nearly 40% After Telegram Says Will Share Ad Revenue Via Ton Blockchain

The Telegram Ad network will open to advertisers in March, founder Pavel Durov said in a broadcast on his official channel.

Telegram app on smartphone (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Surges Above $59K as Bull Rally Continues

The “fear and greed” index reading is now at 87, a sign of “extreme greed.”

Bulls against a background of snow.

Markets

Bitcoin Bulls Target $69K Lifetime Highs Ahead of Halving

An expected pre-halving rally is a good spot to realize short-term profits, one market observer said.

Institutional traders are more bullish on bitcoin than alternative cryptocurrencies. (Hans Eiskonen/Unsplash)

Markets

Falling Bitcoin-Ether Spread is Music to Altcoin Traders' Ears

The funding rate spread has collapsed, indicating increased appetite by traders to speculate further out on the risk curve.

Music (Pexels/Pixabay)