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

UK Treasury Starts Consultation on Five-Year Digital Securities Trial

The pilot will relax regulations for digital bonds and equities – but not unbacked crypto, like bitcoin or ether.

The UK Treasury is testing DLT securities (Chris James/Flickr)

Markets

Bitcoin NFTs Back in Spotlight as Ordinals Cross 350K Daily Inscriptions

Bitcoin Ordinals, a method of generating non-fungible tokens (NFTs) through a process called inscribing, debuted in January, bringing the NFT and smart contract narrative to the Bitcoin blockchain.

Ordinals inscriptions: new count (Glassnode)

Finance

China Should Consider Yuan-Backed Stablecoins Instead of CBDCs, Circle's Allaire Says

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire touted the advantages of stablecoins over central bank digital currencies (CBDC), in an interview with South China Morning Post.

Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Arkham Intelligence Rolls Out Crypto Data Marketplace; Privacy Advocates Cry Foul

Binance Launchpad will host a token sale for 5% of the ARKM token supply.

(Adam Levine/CoinDesk)

Policy

BOND Token Slumps 10% as BarnBridge Faces SEC Investigation

“All work on BarnBridge-related products should stop,” an appointed legal counsel said in a Discord message viewed by CoinDesk.

Chairman for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Gary Gensler. (SEC, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Shiba Inu-Based Shibarium Blockchain Expected to Go Live in August

The layer 2 network will utilize bone, treat, shib and leash tokens for applications built on the blockchain.

A still from the SHIB: The Metaverse. (Shiba Inu)

Coindesk News

Sega Rethinks GameFi Plans, COO Calls Blockchain Gaming 'Boring': Bloomberg

Sega earlier promised it would carefully assess play-to-earn gaming models and NFTs to make sure its efforts in the space weren’t seen as “simply money making.”

(Ben Griffiths/Unsplash)

Finance

Binance CEO 'CZ' Brushes Off News of Top Executive Departures

Binance General Counsel Han Ng, Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Hillmann, and Senior Vice President for Compliance Steven Christie are among those that left the company, reportedly over the exchange's handling of DOJ investigations.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao speaks by video link at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

Policy

Binance Refers Dutch Users to Rival Coinmerce as It Exits Netherlands

The world’s biggest crypto exchange said it would quit the Netherlands in June after failing to secure regulatory approval.

Binance is fleeing the Netherlands (Patrick Rasenberg/Flickr)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Rally Puts Focus on Futures Spread That Underscores Need for Spot ETFs

Observers call for spot-based bitcoin ETF as the bull market raises cost of pre-expiry rollover of positions for futures-based ETFs.

Laser light (WikiImages/Pixabay)