Parikshit Mishra

Parikshit Mishra is CoinDesk's 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

Binance Futures Trading Back Online After Brief Outage

The outage prevented traders from managing positions, impacting the derivatives market significantly.

Binance logo on a smartphone (Vadim Artyukhin/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin ‘Short Strangle’ Preferred as Market Signals Near-Term Calm: 10x Research

10x Research prefers the short strangle strategy for the second month as market dynamics point to near-term calm.

10x recommends short strangle. (Wance Paleri/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Headed to $190K on Institutional Wave, Research Firm Says

Tiger’s model pegs a “base price” of $135,000, then layers on multipliers for fundamentals (+3.5%) and macro conditions (+35%) to reach the $190,000 forecast.

(AbelEscobar/Pixabay)

Markets

Public Token Treasuries and Tokenization are Fantastic for Crypto, But Risks Remain, Binance's CZ Says

Tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) is accelerating, bringing stablecoins, treasury bills, real estate and more into the crypto ecosystem, CZ added.

CZ speaks at BTC Asia in Hong Kong (screenshot)

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Tech

Solana Targets Near-Instant Finality as Alpenglow Upgrade Heads to Vote

Alpenglow also introduces a “20+20” resilience model, which promises to keep the chain running even if 20% of validators are adversarial and another 20% are offline.

Cars speed round a racing track.

Finance

The Sandbox Cuts Half of Its Staff, Restructures as Animoca Brands Take Control

Metaverse platform The Sandbox is cutting more than half its staff and closing offices worldwide as Animoca Brands assumes direct control amid dwindling users.

A glimpse into The Sandbox metaverse. (Animoca Brands)

Markets

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Leads Kamala Harris as 2028 Democratic Presidential Hopeful on Polymarket

Traders on Polymarket see a 7% chance of Johnson winning the bid.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Markets

As Bitcoin Bounces, On-Chain Data Point to Selling Pressure Near $113.6K

BTC has recovered from sub-$108,800 alongside new highs in the S&P 500.

Gauging BTC price resistance. (12019/Pixabay)

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Markets

Ether Futures Open Interest on CME Hits Record $10B, Hinting at Institutional Resurgence

Institutional interest in ether is growing, with large open interest holders hitting a record of 101 early this month.

CME's ETH OI hits record high (Chicago Board of Trade, 1973, photo courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration.)

Finance

Google Advances Its Layer-1 Blockchain; Here’s What We Know So Far

Rich Widmann, head of Web3 strategy at Google, outlined on Tuesday how his firm's upcoming layer-1 blockchain for finance differs from Stripe's Temp and Circle's Arc.

Google's Mountain View headquarters