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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Tech

Ethereum Developers Propose Raising Validator Limit to 2,048 Ether From 32 Ether

Low validator limits have led to waiting times of over one month, as of Monday.

Could BTC price rise 44% from firms buying in the open market? (Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Could Benefit From These 3 Bullish Tailwinds

The path of least resistance for bitcoin may be on the higher side due to inter-market factors, optimism from BlackRock's ETF filing and safe haven flows.

(Shutterstock)

Markets

Ethereum Layer 2 Network zkSync Era's Locked Value Surpasses $500M

The total value locked has increased by 12% in one week, according to data source L2Beat.

zkSync Era's TVL hits new record high above $500 million (L2Beat)

Markets

Meme Coin BOB Tanks 45% After Elon Musk Calls its Twitter Bot Account a 'Scam'

Musk had previously engaged with the Bob token bot several times, aiding a value rise.

Red arrows pointing down falling drop (Getty Images)

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Finance

Crypto Community Donates $1M to Sleuth ZachXBT After Defamation Lawsuit

Backers include the likes of prominent crypto businesses and personalities such as Binance, CertiK and Justin Sun, among others.

Wikimedia acepta bitcoin, bitcoin cash, y ether vía BitPay. (Unsplash/Fabian Blank)

Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried Can Contest Extra DOJ Charges, Bahamas Supreme Court Says

The FTX founder pleaded not guilty to fraud in the U.S. after being extradited from the Caribbean country.

Sam Bankman-Fried outside U.S. District Court on Feb. 9, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

Markets

Binance CEO Hits Back at Rumors of Exchange Selling Bitcoin for BNB Coin

Crypto traders on Twitter are citing data that suggests bitcoin has been traded to keep BNB afloat.

Binance Logo (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Payment Processor Banq Files for Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy filing comes as TrueUSD stops redemptions and Haru Invest ceases operations citing problems with an unnamed partner.

Court (Tingey Injury Law Firm/ Unsplash)

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Tech

Uniswap Labs Releases Its Plan for Uniswap v4, Invites Community Feedback

The biggest decentralized crypto exchange is opening its development process to the public for the first time as the SEC cracks down on its centralized competitors.

Uniswap booth at ETHDenver 2023 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

XRP Prices Jump as Hinman Speech Released in Ripple Labs Filing

Hinman suggested in his 2018 speech that bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) were not securities, in his view.

(Ripple Labs)