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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Finanças

Zodia Custody CFO Jonathan Hugh Left the Crypto Firm Earlier This Year

The company's former COO Samuel Howe also recently exited the business.

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Política

Crypto Exchange OKX Appoints Linda Lacewell as Chief Legal Officer

Lacewell joined the exchange as a board member last year having previously served as Superintendent and head of the New York Department of Financial Services

OKX President Hong Fang speaking at Consensus Hong Kong, 2025 (CoinDesk)

Mercados

Some Crypto Tokens Plunge 50% Within Minutes on Binance Amid Suspected Trading Bot Glitch

Low liquidity and massive sell orders likely led to the market imbalance.

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

Mercados

Bitcoin Nears $85K Before Tariffs Kick-In; DOGE, XRP, ADA Lead Crypto Majors

A rocky quarter has ended in an 11% loss for bitcoin and the biggest for the S&P 500 since Q2 2022. Here’s what traders say ahead of the April 2 tariffs kicking in.

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Mercados

Metaplanet Ups Bitcoin Holding to Over 4K BTC, Rakes Up Another 696 BTC

Metaplanet purchased the bitcoin for an average purchase price of around 14.6 million yen and has spent a total of 10.15 billion yen to buy bitcoin.

Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

Mercados

Ethereum Reclaims No. 1 Spot as Leading DEX Chain for First Time Since September, Overtakes Solana

The shift in leadership occurred amidst a bearish market sentiment, particularly within the memecoin sector.

Ethereum was March's top blockchain by DEX volumes. (artellliii72/Pixabay)

Mercados

Metaplanet Issues $13M Zero-Coupon Bond to Buy More Bitcoin

The Japanese hotel firm secures 15.5% weighting in crypto-focused exchange-traded fund.

japan (CoinDesk archives)

Mercados

Michael Saylor's Strategy Adds Another 22K Bitcoin for $1.92B

The purchase was funded mostly common stock issuance and brought the company's holdings to 528,185 BTC.

Strategy CEO Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

Finanças

Archax Buys FINRA-Regulated Broker Dealer to Offer Tokenized Assets in the U.S.

The firm plans to offer tokenized real-world assets and equities in the U.S. building on its existing partnerships across blockchains such as Ethereum, Polygon, Hedera Hashgraph and XRP Ledger.

U.S. dollar (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Mercados

CoinShares' Bitcoin Mining ETF Is the Worst Performing Fund of This Year

IREN, the ETF’s top holding at 15%, is down more than 40% year-to-date.

Bitcoin Mining ETF, WGMI down over 40% Year-to-date (Shutterstock)