Parikshit Mishra

Regional Head of Asia

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.

Latest from Parikshit Mishra

Markets

Donald Trump's Official Token Surges 25%, Some Observers See It as Bet on His Presidency

Token prices zoomed 25% in the past 24 hours, beating gains in bitcoin and other majors to reverse losses from earlier in the week.

Jan 22, 2025

Markets

Monero's 'Basing Pattern' Breakout Points to Price Gains Ahead

Monero has topped $200, confirming a bullish shift in market trend.

Jan 22, 2025

XMR's price appears headed north after bullish breakout. (beasternchen/Pixabay)

Markets

Deribit's Crypto Trading Volume Nearly Doubled to Over $1T in 2024

Total trading volume surged 95%, with options accounting for a giant share of the total platform activity.

Jan 22, 2025

Deribit saw record trading volumes in 2024. (meineresterampe/Pixabay)

Markets

Trump-Affiliated World Liberty Financial Makes Another TRX Buy

The most recent purchase brings WLFI's TRX holdings to $7.5 million.

Jan 22, 2025

Justin Sun speaks at Consensus (CoinDesk Archives)

Markets

Solana Bull Bets Big on SOL Rallying to $400

The block trade was a bull call spread that would see maximum profit on a potential move to $400 or higher by the end of February, according to data tracked by Amberdata.

Jan 22, 2025

A SOL block trade bets on big rally (Tumisu/Pixabay)

Markets

MicroStrategy Added 11K Bitcoin for $1.1B, Pushing Holdings to 461K BTC

Its the 11th consecutive week of bitcoin purchases for the Michael Saylor-led company.

Jan 21, 2025

MicroStrategy Executive Director Michael Saylor speaks at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Could Cross $1M by Year-End if It Continues to Follow 2017 Cycle: Van Straten

Currently, bitcoin is up approximately 550% from the cycle lows, which aligns with previous cycles.

Jan 21, 2025

BTC Price Performance Since Cycle Low (Glassnode)

Finance

Tokenize Xchange's Development Arm Buys Blockchain Intelligence Firm Coinseeker for $30M

Titan Lab, the developer of Titan Chain, on which Tokenize runs, plans to incorporate Coinseeker's AI-powered analytics and ratings into its operations

Jan 21, 2025

Night view of Singapore from the habor. (Larry Teo/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin No Longer a Niche Investment as Institutional Adoption Takes Off: WisdomTree

Multi-asset investment portfolios with allocations to bitcoin are consistently outperforming those that don't hold the cryptocurrency, the report said.

Jan 21, 2025

Policy

Polymarket Bettors Certain Ross Ulbricht Pardon Is on Trump’s Agenda

Crypto was absent from the first batch of President Trump's executive orders and pardons, but the market is confident it will come soon.

Jan 21, 2025

Ross Ulbricht set to be freed from prison (CoinDesk Archives)