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.

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Bitcoin ETFs Secure Approval Exactly 15 Years After Hal Finney’s Iconic ‘Running Bitcoin’ Tweet

Finney, who died in August 2014, was also the first person besides Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, to download and run Bitcoin’s software.

(Hal Finney)

Markets

Aave Community Votes To Integrate PayPal’s Stablecoin

Majority of token holders favor onboard PYUSD in AAVE's Ethereum pool, the ongoing vote shows.

Aave is the Finnish word for ghost (Metis)

Policy

Turkey Will Conclude Technical Studies for Crypto Legislation Soon: Finance Minister

Under draft proposals, crypto firms will be required to obtain licenses from the country’s capital markets regulator.

Turkish Flag Turkey (Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Traders Seek Protection From Price Declines as ETF Deadline Looms: Deribit

Puts are overbought and calls [are] being sold, Deribit's CCO Luuk Strijers told CoinDesk, noting the decline in the bitcoin implied volatility index.

Innovation takes priority over investor protection in the anything-goes market of decentralized finance, or DeFi.

Markets

Fake Bitcoin ETF Approval Tweet Causes $90M in Liquidations

Those tweets caused bitcoin prices to immediately spike to $47,680 from the $46,800 level. It then fell as low as $45,400 as the tweets were found to be fake.

SEC headquarters (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Binance, KuCoin, Other Exchanges, Served Notice by Indian Government Removed From Apple’s App Store

Binance, KuCoin, Huobi, Kraken, Gate.io, Bittrex, Bitstamp, MEXC Global and Bitfinex were sent showcause notices by the Indian government.

(Shutterstock)

Markets

Crypto OTC Volumes on Wintermute Soared 400% in 2023

The market maker said the uptick in over-the-counter trading was due to volumes moving off-exchange.

OTC volumes in 2023. (Wintermute)

Policy

BlackRock, VanEck and Others Update Bitcoin ETF Filing Within Hours of Quick SEC Response

The filings indicate that the two entities were among the prospective issuers that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sent comments in the past 24 hours.

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

'Grayscale Discount' Sinks to Lowest in 18 Months on Bets for GBTC Conversion to Bitcoin ETF

Data shows the discount fell to as low as 5.6% on Monday, reaching a level previously seen in June 2021.

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust discount is narrowing. (YCharts)

Markets

Jim Cramer Now Says Bitcoin Is 'Topping Out'

Cramer’s picks have the tendency to move in the opposite direction he touts.

Jim Cramer