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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Circle Rockets After Stablecoin Bill Clears Senate, Pushes Post-IPO Rally to Over 500%

Wednesday’s rally reflects investor confidence that Circle will be the chief beneficiary if the U.S. formally embraces stablecoins as digital cash equivalents.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Ether, Solana, and Other Majors Could Slide Further as Trump Threatens Iran Strikes

Tensions in the Middle East are fueling a flight to safety, with traders rotating out of altcoins into stablecoins and bitcoin amid uncertainty around U.S. military escalation and sticky inflation.

Slide. (GuentherDillingen/Pixabay)

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Who's Selling Bitcoin Above $100K and Holding Back the Price Rally?

It's been a record 42 straight days of back-and-forth trading above the $100K mark.

DXY tops $100 (AhmadArdity/Pixabay)

Finance

Healthcare Firm Prenetics Uses Kraken to Kickoff Bitcoin Treasury

Prenetics purchased 187.42 BTC at an average price of $106,712 per Bitcoin via a Kraken custody account.

(Cleveland Trust Co/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Retests 50-Day Average Support; XRP Risks Dogecoin-Like Bearish Shift in Momentum

A failure to hold the recent strong support of the 50-day SMA could invite stronger selling pressure.

BTC, XRP hover at key support levels. (klip game/Wikimedia Commons)

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Another XRP ETF Comes to Canada as 3iQ Launches XRPQ on Toronto Stock Exchange

The new XRP fund will trade under the XRPQ ticker.

Toronto Stock Exchange

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Bitcoin 'Accumulator' Better Fit for Corporates Than Dollar-Cost Averaging Strategy, Research Suggests

While investors of all kinds widely prefer DCA, new research shows that since 2023, it has underperformed a structured product called an "accumulator."

BTC "Accumulator" strategy performs better than DCA during bull runs. (Couleur/Pixabay)

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Spain's BBVA Is Advising Clients to Invest Up to 7% of Portfolio in BTC, ETH: Reuters

The bank's head of blockchain solutions Philippe Meyer told the DigiAssets conference in London that it started advising on bitcoin in September last year

BBVA (Shutterstock)

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Iranian Crypto Exchange Nobitex Hacked for $90M by Suspected Israeli Group

The anti-Iran group targeted state-owned Bank Sepah a day prior, and now threatens to leak Nobitex’s source code, calling the platform a "terror-financing tool" used to bypass sanctions.

Hacker working on two laptops (Azamat E/Unsplash)

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Ark Invest Dumps Nearly $45M Worth of Circle Shares as U.S. Senate Passes GENIUS Act

The GENIUS Act is seen as a major win for stablecoin issuers like Circle and the crypto industry at large.

Cathie Wood, CEO of ARK Invest, at Consensus 2024. (Suzanne Cordiero)