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.

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Web3

Web3 Gaming Faces Ongoing Turmoil, Market Metrics Reveal Persistent Decline

According to DappRadar’s Q2 2025 report, blockchain gaming experienced a 17% drop in user activity and a 93% year-over-year decline in funding.

Web3 (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Rockets Past $118K, Leads to Over $1B Shorts Getting Liquidated

Roughly 237,000 traders were liquidated in total, with the single largest hit being an $88.5 million BTC-USDT short on HTX.

Rocket (Bill Jelen/Unsplash)

Markets

Polkadot's DOT Gains as Much as 5% as Bitcoin Nears All-Time Highs

The token gained amidst a wider crypto market rally, with the CoinDesk 20 index up 3.5%.

DOT price chart (CoinDesk Data)

Policy

Europe’s Financial Watchdog Probes Malta Over Fast-Track MiCA Authorizations

ESMA questioned the timing of the authorization of a certain “CASP entity” where “material issues remained unresolved or pending remediation at the time of the authorisation.”

Malta (Ludovica Dri/Unsplash)

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Markets

Bitcoin's Q2 Boom Being Fueled by Corporates: Bitwise

Public companies expand bitcoin treasuries as participation soars.

A Holstein bull is tethered to a peg in the ground (Cvmontuy/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

This One Metric Suggests Bitcoin Has Plenty of Room Left to Run

Despite new all-time highs, on-chain data signals the rally may be far from over.

Close-up of the head of a statue of a bull (cjweaver13/Pixabay)

Policy

Australia's Central Bank to Explore Developing Wholesale Tokenized Asset Markets

Issuance of pilot wholesale CBDC for testing the use cases will take place on different blockchain platforms, such as Hedera and R3 Corda.

Australia's government is taking a deliberate approach toward creating crypto laws. (Unsplash)

Markets

BlackRock's Spot Ether ETF Registers Record Trading Volume of 43M Amid Net Inflows of $158M

The ETF has seen significant investor inflows, with over $1 billion collected since June, indicating bullish market sentiment for ether.

BlackRock HQ in New York City (Getty Images)

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Markets

Justin Sun Wants to Make TRUMP a Global Crypto Brand With $100M Buy

"We will make TRUMP token very popular in Asia and in the rest of the world," Sun said in an interview with CoinDesk.

Justin Sun at the $TRUMP holders dinner (TRON)

Markets

XRP Traders Target $6 as Ripple’s RLUSD Surges Past $500M Market Cap

A clean breakout from the range could push the token toward the $4–$6 zone, one watcher said.

Target (CoinDesk Archives)