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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Markets

Bitcoin Traders Now Target $120K as Bullish 'Santa Claus Rally' Gains Steam

Data from the past eight years shows that bitcoin ended December in the green six times since 2015, running at least 8% to as much as 46% (in the outlier year of 2020).

(Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Soars to Record High Above $106K, Then Retreats as Hawkish Fed Rate Cut Looms

The Fed is likely to deliver a “hawkish rate cut,” with hints of less easing next year.

(Getty Images)

Markets

Larger Cohorts Than U.S. ETFs or MicroStrategy Are Dictating Bitcoin Price: Van Straten

Since September, MicroStrategy and U.S.-listed spot ETFs have accumulated approximately 200,000 bitcoin each.

BTC: Long vs Short-Term Holder Threshold (Glassnode)

Markets

Polygon DAO Weighs $1.3B Stablecoin Deployment to Generate $70M Annual Yield

The plan uses Morpho Labs' vaults to manage USDC and USDT, targeting a conservative 7% annual return using various strategies.

(Shutterstock)

Markets

Ether Volume Overshadows Bitcoin on HyperLiquid as Platform Activity Hits $500B

The record trading activity on HyperLiquid's perpetuals market is characrterized by users recently leaning more toward ether than bitcoin.

Cumulative perp volume on HyperLiquid. (DefiLlama)

Markets

LINK Surges to 2021 Levels as Trump’s World Liberty Buys More Chainlink Tokens

LINK neared $30 in Asian morning hours Friday, data shows, with open interest (OI) on the token’s futures zooming to record highs above $860 million.

(Chainlink)

Finance

Stablecoin Trading Startup Perena Tries Its Luck on Solana

Perena wants to be the "neutral layer" bringing liquidity to stablecoin issuers.

Anna Yuan, founder of Perena (Perena)

Markets

Bitcoin Is Leaving Exchanges in Batches of $10M or More: Van Straten

Institutional appetite for bitcoin has grown since Donald Trump won the U.S. election back in November.

BTC: Net Transfer Volume from/to Exchanges Breakdown by Size (Glassnode)

Markets

Assetera Enables Non-U.S. Investors to Trade Tokenized Nvidia, Coinbase, and S&P 500

The company has plans to include T-bills, money market funds and other instruments in future.

Assetera lists Backed's tokenized trackers. (Assetera)

Markets

LINK, AAVE Rocket 30% as Trump’s World Liberty Financial Buys $2M Tokens

The AAVE token purchases came as a proposal to float a World Liberty Financial instance on Aave met quorum.

Donald Trump (Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock)