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

Kraken-Backed Ink Foundation to Airdrop INK Token, Starting With Aave-Powered Liquidity Protocol

Participants in the protocol will be eligible for INK airdrops, with further details to be announced. However, INK enters a crowded market where most new tokens, even those with venture backing and protocol traction, tend to trend downward after launch.

Arbitrum airdrop goes live. (Pexel/Pixabay)

Markets

SHIB Long-Short Ratio Slides as Over $1.8M in Bullish Bets Liquidated

The long-short ratio in the perpetual futures market has fallen to 0.9298, indicating bearish sentiment among traders.

SHIB's price. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Traders’ Are Looking at a Key Data Point in Fed Meeting and It's Not Interest Rate Decision

The Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged, with a decision announcement scheduled for Wednesday at 18:00 UTC.

BTC price. (jonas-svidras/Pixabay)

Markets

XRP, ADA Lead Crypto Majors Slide, While Bitcoin Watchers Target Return to Highs in Q3

Fresh policy moves on stablecoins and bitcoin's long-term holder activity are signs for some traders to remain mid-term bullish.

slide (CoinDesk Archives)

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Markets

XRP Gets Another DeFi Boost Through Flare’s FAssets and FXRP, Messari Says

Trading platform Uphold, which holds 1.8 billion XRP, is looking to integrate FXRP. Separately, NASDAQ-listed VivoPower has committed $100 million in XRP for deployment on the Flare network.

(Ozgur Coskun/Shutterstock)

Finance

Meta Pool, a Liquid Staking Protocol, Suffers $27M Exploit

The hacker could only swap $25,000 worth of the token due to low liquidity.

Under a low-light red lamp, a pair of hands types on a keyboard. (Wesley Tingey/Unsplash+)

Markets

Bitcoin Rewards Firm Fold Secures $250M Facility to Expand BTC Holdings

The facility grants the company the right to issue and sell new shares pending regulatory conditions.

Money rolled up (Vitaly Taranov/Unsplash)

Markets

Stablecoin Clearing Startup Ubyx Raises $10M Round Backed by Galaxy, Coinbase, Others

The firm's stablecoin clearing system aims to facilitate adoption by solving the stablecoin sector's fragmentation problem.

Seed Funding Investment coins in a jar (Towfiqu barbhuiya/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

Bitcoin Cash-Bitcoin Ratio Smashes Triangle Pattern; HYPE Rally May Be Over

Bitcoin cash has broken out of a triangle pattern against bitcoin.

Graphs, discussion (geralt/Pixabay)

Tech

Polyhedra Blames Liquidity Attacks for Sudden 80% Price Drop in ZKJ, Promises Buyback

Co‑founder Tiancheng Xie revealed that Polyhedra Network is launching a buyback strategy to support ZKJ token prices after an “egregious” liquidity attack wiped out over 80% of its value.

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