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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Tech

Friend.Tech User Dumps Keys Worth $1.5M, Switches to Bitcoin dApp

Newer opportunities have stalled Friend.Tech’s initial growth wave, and applications such as New Bitcoin City are quickly emerging as one of the biggest bets.

(Metropolitan Museum of Art, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Bears Lose $178M as Prices Break Past $34K

Traders on crypto exchanges Binance, Huobi and OKX were hit for $50 million each, suggesting a large amount of leverage used on those platforms.

(Hans-Jurgen Mager/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin in ‘Anti-Gravity’ Phase as ETF Approval Nears Finish Line

As bitcoin pushes 12% during Asia trading, there are parallels to the first Gold ETF and beyond, industry stakeholders and analysts said.

(David Gregg/Getty Images)

Finance

Solana's Largest Defi Protocol Marinade Starts Blocking UK Users

Marinade and Orca Finance have both blocked U.K. users over "compliance concerns."

Marinade blocks U.K. users ( Georg Bommeli/Unsplash)

Finance

Web3 Security Firm Blockaid Raises $27M to Help Tackle Industry's 'Never-Ending' Challenges

Blockaid claims to have scanned 450 million transactions, thwarted 1.2 million malicious transactions and safeguarded $500 million in user funds in the last three months .

CEO Ido Ben-Natan and CTO Raz Niv

Markets

Sam Altman's Worldcoin Switches Orb Rewards Plan to Boost WLD Supply

Users will receive WLD tokens, instead of USDC, starting Tuesday, as per a new developer document.

The Worldcoin Orb scans a QR code to kick off the iris scan in Paris. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Markets

Reddit Crypto Community Removes Moderators Accused of MOON Insider Trading

The MOON token is here to stay, r/CryptoCurrency subreddit said.

Termination (geralt/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Eyes $31K as Gold Offers Bullish Cues

Interest rate-sensitive assets, such as Gold, are seeing bullish momentum in a positive sign for bitcoin, one observer said.

BTC 30K updated

Markets

First Mover Americas: SEC Drops Charges Against Ripple Leaders; Bitcoin and XRP Gain

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Oct. 20, 2023.

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