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

Altcoin Action in Powertrade's Options Market Heats Up Driven by XRP, SOL and DOGE

Market volatility saw traders chase options for hedging and speculative activities.

A traveler examines a departures or arrivals board. (TungArt7/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin’s Recent Drawdown Proves Its More Than Just a Leveraged Tech Play

Despite a 26% drop from all-time highs, bitcoin holds steady compared to leading tech stocks, signaling increasing maturity.

(artellliii72/Pixabay)

Markets

CryptoPunk NFT, Once Bought for $16M, Sold for $10M Loss

NFTs, once the darling usecase of crypto, are all but out of favor among investors, with some holders ready to realize huge losses.

(CryptoPunks modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Gold Rally Makes Tether’s XAUT Top-Performing Digital Asset as Crypto Markets Remain Flat

Equities markets are giving mixed results on trade war deescalations.

gold bars (Philip Oroni/Unsplash+)

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Markets

S&P 500 More Volatile Than Bitcoin as U.S. Assets Lose Investor Favor

Investors move away from U.S. assets, causing a rise in Treasury yields and a decline in the dollar index and U.S. stocks.

Watch out for a spike in key bond market index. (Pixabay)

Markets

Centrifuge Taps Wormhole to Launch Multichain Tokenization Platform


Centrifuge V3 aims to unify real-world asset tokenization across blockchains, and is starting with the $230 million Janus Henderson Anemoy Treasury Fund.

Centrifuge is one of the largest blockchain-based credit platform with $270 million of active loans. (Mae Mu/Unsplash)

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Mark Carney Could Easily Win Canadian Elections, Myriad Markets Says

Prediction market says Canada's former central banker will likely take the Liberal Party into an easy victory – thanks to aggressive posturing by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Mark Carney (Liberal Party)

Tech

Babylon, Which Has Over $4B BTC Locked, Launches Layer 1 'Genesis' to Advance Its BTC Yield Platform

With more value tied up in BTC than every other cryptocurrency in existence combined, Babylon is aiming to channel this into the wider crypto ecosystem

Adam Back, CEO Blockstream (second from right) speaks at Consensus Hong Kong 2025 by CoinDesk (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

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Policy

UK's Financial Regulator, FCA, Re-Appoints Nikhil Rathi as CEO for Another 5 Years

Under his leadership the FCA has hosted a registration regime for crypto firms and has launched discussion papers on the incoming 2026 regime.

Nikhil Rathi (FCA)

Markets

U.S. Stock Market Breaks Records, but History Points to Bearish Signals

Historic gains offer short-term relief, but market patterns signal caution ahead.

Bear and bull (Pixabay)