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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Markets

Metaplanet Bought the Dip, Purchased a Further 156 BTC

Metaplanet now holds 2,391 BTC, with an average cost basis of $82,100.

japan (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

CME Bitcoin March Futures Gap Jumps By Over $9K

March futures opened at $95K early today, gapping higher by over $9K from Friday's high.

CME Bitcoin March futures gap higher. (TradingView)

Markets

Bitcoin Rally to $93K Sees Bears Lose $550M in Big Sunday Liquidations

Futures tracking ADA, XRP and SOL registered over $70 million in liquidations each, their highest such levels since September 2024, Coinglass data shows.

Los futuros de ether acumularon la mayor cantidad de liquidaciones en un período de tres meses. (Unsplash)

Markets

ADA Rockets 60%, XRP Up 25% on Trump's Reserve Plans, But Traders Aren’t Fully Bullish Yet

Trump is scheduled to hold the first Crypto Summit at the White House on Mar.7, where he is expected to share further plans on how crypto regulations and businesses will be supported in the country.

Ether bears have an upper hand following the trendline break (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin $100K Plays Back in Vogue After 10% BTC Price Surge From 'Trump Put'

The Deribit-listed $100K strike call has seen the biggest jump in open interest in the past 24 hours.

Donald Trump (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Markets

Boerse Stuttgart Partners With DekaBank to Offer Crypto Trading for Institutional Clients

The collaboration comes as part of the exchange’s plan to expand partnerships with major financial institutions.

Stuttgart Stock Exchange, owner of Boerse Stuttgart Digital (Boerse Stuttgart)

Markets

Bitcoin Sell-Off Could Be a Textbook 'Breakout and Retest' Play: Godbole

The breakout and re-test play has its roots in behavioral aspects of trading and investing.

BTC's weekly chart: Breakout and retest play. (CoinDesk/TradingView)

Markets

XRP, DOGE Plunge 10% as Fresh Trump Tariffs Hit China Markets

Overall crypto market capitalization fell 8% to $2.7 trillion, reversing all advances since Republican Donald Trump was elected U.S. president in early November.

People taking a plunge. (Mike Powell/Getty Images)

Finance

PayPal-Backed Raise Secures $63M to Expand Blockchain-Based Gift Card System

The company aims to bring digital gift cards on-chain, turning them into a “programmable retail currency.”

Gift (CoinDesk archive)

Finance

South Korea’s BDACS to Use Ripple Custody for Institutional XRP, RLUSD Holdings

The collaboration aims to bolster Ripple’s ecosystem, enhance RLUSD adoption, and tap into Korean port city Busan’s blockchain-friendly economic zone.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse at Korea Blockchain Week. (Parikshit Mishra/CoinDesk)