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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Policy

Indonesia's New Crypto Exchange Opens After Long Delays

The long-awaited national bourse for crypto has been operational since July 17, according to an official announcement from Thursday.

Jakarta, Indonesia

Markets

Move Over Shiba Inu: Crypto Community Flirts With Hamster Race Betting

A bunch of actual hamsters are racing on a new platform, and returns-starved traders are placing BUSD-based bets on who wins.

Hamster racing appears to be the new craze for the crypto community. (Catherine Falls Commercial/Gettyimages)

Policy

SBF Accused of Leaking Caroline Ellison's Private Diary by U.S. DOJ

The U.S. DOJ also wants to ban the disgraced FTX founder and all parties involved in the case from making any out of court statements in the future.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

Finance

Binance Labs Invests $10M in DeFi Lender Radiant, RDNT Jumps 10%

The protocol was built on the architecture of LayerZero, which raised $120 million at a $3 billion valuation earlier this year.

Binance has appointed Yi He to oversee Binance Labs (Binance)

Markets

Bitcoin Trading in Japan Rises as Yen Turns Volatile

The share of bitcoin trade volume on Japanese exchanges rose from 69% to 80% in the first six months of the year, data tracked by Kaiko show.

Trading volume on Japan-linked exchanges (Kaiko)

Policy

Kuwait Cracks Down on Crypto, Banning Payments, Investment and Mining

The prohibitions are an effort to meet requirements set by the FATF on preventing money laundering via crypto, the Capital Markets Authority said.

Kuwait (Jan Dommerholt/Unsplash)

Tech

Crypto Traders Flock to Unibot as Telegram Bot Tokens Near $100M Market Cap

The swiftly-growing category commands a market capitalization of just under $100 million.

(Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

FTX Seeks to Recover $71M From Its Philanthropic and Life Science Arms

The firms funneled corporate funds to other organizations on behalf of their founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s "personal aggrandizement," a court filing shows.

(Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Spot ETFs Could Bring $30B in New Demand, Crypto Trader NYDIG Says

A lot can be learned from the listing of the first Gold ETF, but looking to the past also comes with some caveats.

BitcoinETF: What Comes Next?

Markets

XRP Moving Above 'Cloud' Resistance Is Bullish Precedent for Bitcoin: Analyst

We view XRP's breakout above the Ichimoku cloud as a good example for bitcoin, Fairlead's Katie Stockton said.

Wing plane, cloud (xuuxuu/Pixabay)