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 Miner Bitdeer Technologies Could be a Potential Takeover Target: Benchmark

The broker raised its price target for the shares to $16 from $13 while reiterating its buy rating on the stock.

Alta Novella's turbine room with 40 ASIC bitcoin miners.

Markets

Any Near-Term Rebound in Crypto Market Likely to Be Temporary: JPMorgan

The bitcoin price is currently too high versus its production cost and relative to its volatility-adjusted comparison to gold, the report said.

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Markets

Bitcoin Briefly Tops $68K as Biden Dropout Riles Up Crypto Bulls

The general possibility of a crypto-friendly government coming into power is bumping sentiment among professional traders, one firm said.

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Markets

Bitcoin Traders Brace for 'Fat Tails' as Focus Shifts to Trump's Nashville Bitcoin Conference Speech

Speculation is high that Trump will announce a bigger role for BTC in the financial system, triggering a parabolic rise in the cryptocurrency's price, one observer said.

Donald Trump's recent crypto embrace means solana ETFs might have a shot if he becomes president again. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Woo X Allows Daily Interest Withdrawals From T-Bill-Backed Earn Vaults

The RWA Vaults built with the help of OpenTrade had previously operated over a seven or 28-day term.

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Markets

Polymarket Bettors Put Nearly $80M on Biden's Democratic Chances

Market data shows Polymarket bettors called Biden's drop out hours before it was announced.

The market ponders Joe Biden's future (Jon Tyson/Unsplash)

Policy

WazirX Files Police Complaint After $230M Hack, Engages With India's Cyber Crimes Unit

WazirX said "many exchanges" were "cooperating" with them and that their immediate plans included "tracing the stolen funds, recovering customer assets, and conducting a deeper analysis of the cyber attack."

New Delhi, India (Unsplash)

Tech

Galaxy Buys Almost All of CryptoManufaktur's Assets, Expanding Ethereum Staking Portfolio

The acquisition by publicly traded Galaxy Digital, led by Michael Novogratz, will expand the firm's role in Ethereum staking, as part of a broader effort to push deeper into the business of blockchain infrastructure.

Mike Novogratz, Galaxy founder and CEO, discusses the practical changes that would follow Democratic support of crypto. (CoinDesk/Shutterstock/Suzanne Cordiero)

Markets

CrowdStrike Outage Could Be Fixed Within the Day, Unlikely Caused by a Hack, Polymarket Bettors Say

Bettors are placing their money on the service being fixed by the end of Friday, with a slight possibility of it happening by mid-day.

A 'Blue Screen of Death' (Wikipedia)

Markets

CrowdStrike, Windows BSoD Meme Tokens Populate Solana and Ethereum Amid Global Internet Outage

Some of these tokens have liquidity of upto $50,000 worth of stablecoins, quickly running to market capitalizations of as much as $1 million on paper.

Blue screen of death