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

PEPE Drops 4% as Memecoin Sector Underperforms Broader Crypto Market

Despite the price decline, whale accumulation of PEPE continued, with the top addresses on Ethereum increasing their holdings by 1.5% in the last 30 days.

PEPE price data (CoinDesk Data)

Markets

Corporate Bitcoin Adoption Is a 'Dangerous Game of Balance Sheet Roulette': Report

Sentora's report warns that corporate adoption of bitcoin as a treasury asset is akin to playing 'balance sheet roulette.'

Roulette wheel

Markets

Bitcoin Realized Price Breaks Above 200WMA, Signaling More Room to Run

On-chain data shows the realized price has climbed above the 200-week moving average, a historical signal of sustained bull markets.

Realized Price vs 200 WMA (Glassnode)

Markets

Who Is Cashing Out of Bitcoin at Record Highs Above $120K?

BTC hit record highs above $124,000 early today, but the momentum has quickly faded consistent with the pattern seen since mid-July.

Who is selling BTC at record highs? (Stone_WLP/Pixabay)

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Markets

Coinbase Loses $300K in MEV Exploit After Misstep With 0x Swapper Contract

The bots simply waited for a high-value wallet — like Coinbase’s fee receiver — to mistakenly grant spending rights to an exposed contract, then executed the drain instantly.

Coinbase app on a mobile phone screen.

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $124K, Now Larger Than Google by Market Cap

The milestone reflects a year-long build in bullish sentiment, fueled by a friendlier regulatory backdrop under President Donald Trump and the rapid adoption of corporate treasury strategies centered on Bitcoin accumulation.

High-resolution image of numerous shiny gold bitcoin tokens stacked together.

Finance

OpenAI Rival Sentient Unveils Open-Source AGI Network, The GRID

Sentient is rolling out The GRID, an open-source AGI network designed to let developers build, share, and monetize AI agents.

 (Valeria Nikitina/Unsplash)

Finance

Stripe Taps Paradigm’s Matt Huang to Lead New Blockchain Tempo: Fortune

Tempo is described as a high-performance, payments-focused layer 1 blockchain compatible with Ethereum.

Cardano is set to undergo a hard fork Wednesday. (Pexels/Pixabay)

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Markets

Metaplanet to Launch Preferred Shares, Bitcoin-Backed Yield Curve Plan

Japan’s largest public bitcoin holder aims to expand its treasury operations and integrate BTC into the country’s fixed income markets.

View over Tokyo (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

Markets

Memecoin Launchpad Odin.fun Suffers $7M Liquidity Exploit

Attackers exploited Odin’s liquidity pool by depositing a worthless token like SATOSHI alongside BTC, setting an inflated price ratio in the thin market.

Hacker sitting in a room