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 Downside Risks Remain Despite Early Success of Spot ETFs, Observers Say

Several on-chain metrics and indicators still suggest the price correction may not be over or at least that a new rally is still not on the cards, one firm said.

Risk (Gino Crescoli/Pixabay)

Tech

Frax Finance's Layer 2 Fraxtal to Debut in February: Founder

Kazemian expects Fraxtal to debut with a bang, attracting at least several hundred million dollars worth of crypto assets in the first month.

Frax Finance's Sam Kaizeman (Wikipedia)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Altcoins Lead, Bitcoin in Stasis Near $42.6K

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Jan. 17, 2024.

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Markets

ARK Buys $15.9M Worth of Its Own Bitcoin ETF

ARK sold a similar amount - $15.8 million - worth of shares in the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO), the first ETF linked to the bitcoin futures market to list in the U.S.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood

Markets

Bitcoin's ‘De-Dollarization’ Narrative Loses Ground As USD Tightens Its Grip on International Transactions

The crypto market's de-dollarization expectations look premature as the greenback remained the preferred currency in international transactions in 2023, data show.

(QuinceCreative/Pixabay)

Tech

Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade Goes Live, But Fails to Finalize on Testnet

Developers said the missed finalization was likely due to an expected lack of participation and older network validators.

Blocks. (Desmond Marshall/ Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Sees First Ever Weekly 'Golden Cross,' a Bullish Signal to Some

The 50-week simple moving average (SMA) of bitcoin's price has crossed above the 200-week SMA for the first time on record.

Bitcoin's weekly price chart (TradingView)

Tech

Socket, Bungee Restart Operations After Apparent $3.3M Exploit

The platform experienced a security incident late Tuesday that affected wallets with infinite approvals to Socket contracts, developers said.

Computer Hacking Hackers (Shutterstock)

Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried's Parents Ask Court to Dismiss FTX's Lawsuit Seeking to Recover Funds

Bankman and Fried, both professors at Stanford Law School, argued that Bankman did not have a fiduciary relationship with FTX .

Barbara Fried and Joe Bankman at the federal courthouse where their son, Sam Bankman-Fried, was preparing to testify on Oct. 26, 2023 (Victor Chen/CoinDesk)

Web3

Magic Leap Execs Believe Metaverse Needs to Focus on Real-World: Report

The Mixed Reality company has raised nearly $4 billion, as metaverse tokens post short term gains

Magic leap headset (Magic Leap)