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

Fantom Will Pay Back 15% of Token Fees to Some Projects

The move is part of an initiative to drive demand for block space, which help add to the value proposition of FTM tokens.

Ether gas fees have come down to a six-month low.

Markets

Shiba Inu-Themed Floki Sees Trading Volume Surge Amid China Plans

Floki prices rallied on Sunday amid a bitcoin-led market push and bets on the token's “China narrative.”

(Christal Yuen/Unsplash)

Finance

DEX Mangrove Launches on Polygon Testnet, Plans to Go Live on Mainnet in June

Wintermute and Cumberland-backed Mangrove plans a mainnet launch of its programmable order book DEX in early June.

Mangroves can store four times as much carbon as other ainforests, according to the WWF. (Jonathan Wilkins/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Ripple Appoints Market Research Firm Nielsen's CFO Jenson to Board

Jenson has held leadership positions at Amazon, Delta Airlines, NBC, Electronic Arts, and Nielsen.

Warren Jenson (provided)

Tech

Privacy-Focused Network Horizen Expected to Undergo Node Upgrade in June

The upgrade would bring enhancements to sidechains and bug fixes.

Nodes are key to run transactions on a blockchain. (Omar Flores/Unsplash)

Finance

Digital Asset Firm HashKey Group Looks to Raise up to $200M at $1B Valuation: Bloomberg

The firm is looking to capitalize on Hong Kong's re-emergence as a potential crypto hub as the city has looked to formulate a clear regulatory structure for digital assets.

Hong Kong (Shutterstock)

Markets

XRP Bucks Bitcoin-Led Slide in Majors as SEC Case Tilts in Ripple’s Favor

Ripple has historically maintained a distance from XRP, the token that powers some of its products and the XRP Ledger network.

Frax Ether promises above-average ether staking yields. (ClaudiaWollesen/Pixabay)

Markets

Litecoin Is Undervalued, Onchain Indicator Suggests

Litecoin has rallied nearly 31% so far this year, but is still trading at discounted prices, according to an onchain metric called the MVRV Z-score.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Tech

NFT Marketplace DIBA Goes Live on ‘Really Good for Bitcoin’ Smart Contracts

DIBA also released a Bitcoin-only wallet in partnership with mining company Hut 8 Mining.

Bitcoin (Unsplash)

Policy

Bankrupt Crypto Exchange QuadrigaCX Will Start Interim Distribution for Some Users, EY Says

EY will make the procedure to file the claims public in the coming weeks,

Quadriga Fintech Solutions CEO and founder Gerald William Cotten (Quadriga CX)