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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Policy

FTX Tweaks Crypto Sale Proposal to Placate U.S. Government

The bankrupt crypto exchange wants to sell off its billions of dollars in crypto before returning funds to creditors – but doesn’t want markets forewarned

John J Ray III took over as FTX CEO in November (House Committee on Financial Services)

Markets

BitMEX's Prediction Market Is Now Live

Current prediction market contracts revolve around FTX bankruptcy claim recoveries, the future of bitcoin ETFs, and Sam Bankman-Fried’s jail sentence.

Prediction markets generate more accurate forecasts than other methods. (Bettmann/Getty Images)

Policy

Craig Wright's Financial Disclosure Form in $143M Court Case Was Incomplete, Court Rules

But a judge declined a request to criminally sanction him.

Craig Wright

Finance

Crypto Custody Firm Qredo Integrates Circle’s USDC Stablecoin

The new toolkit allows USDC to be the ultimate gas token on any blockchain.

Ben Whitby, Qredo’s head of strategic partnerships (Qredo)

Policy

Hong Kong-Israel CBDC Project Examines Security, Privacy, Accessibility

Project Sela claims to settle directly on central bank balance sheets without compromising people's data

Central bank digital currencies have raised privacy concerns (Flickr)

Finance

BaFin-Licensed Crypto Custodian Finoa Will Offer Regulated DeFi

FinoaConnect provides the firm’s 300-plus institutional clients with wallet integration for a curated list of permissioned DeFi and Web3 platforms.

Finoa founders Chris May (left) and Henrik Gebbing (Finoa)

Policy

Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky Seeks to Quash U.S. FTC Case

Mashinsky was arrested in July on allegations of misleading investors and manipulating the CEL token, after Celsius declared bankruptcy

Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky (left) and attorney Marc Mukasey outside a courthouse in New York on July 25, 2023. (Anna Baydakova/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Short Squeeze Lifts Prices Back to $26K

A short squeeze refers to a price rally driven by an unwinding of bearish bets.

Bitcoin's price chart (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)

Finance

Binance Says SEC’s Request for Depositions Is ‘Overbroad’ and 'Unduly Burdensome'

Binance says the SEC has no evidence to support its allegations that imply investor assets have been wrongfully diverted

Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.

Policy

Standard Chartered-Backed Zodia Custody Now Available in Singapore

The development marks a rare marriage in the region of a traditional financial institution and a digital asset firm.

Singapore skyline (Mike Enerio/Unsplash)