Nikhilesh De

Nikhilesh De is CoinDesk's managing editor for global policy and regulation, covering regulators, lawmakers and institutions. He owns < $50 in BTC and < $20 in ETH. He won a Gerald Loeb award in the beat reporting category as part of CoinDesk's blockbuster FTX coverage in 2023, and was named the Association of Cryptocurrency Journalists and Researchers' Journalist of the Year in 2020.

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Finance

Stablecoin Adoption Set to Surge After GENIUS Act, Hit $4T in Cross-Border Volume: EY Survey

With increasing regulatory clarity, 54% of firms in the survey said they plan to adopt stablecoins within the next year.

U.S. dollar (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

State of Crypto: ETF Listings Became Easier

Companies just need to prove they meet new generic listing standards.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bankrupt Exchange FTX Set to Repay $1.6B to Creditors Starting on Sep. 30

The latest round of redistributions marks another step in the bankruptcy estate’s plan to make creditors whole after the 2022 collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's exchange.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. Treasury Takes Next Step in Turning GENIUS Act Into Stablecoin Regulations

The crypto industry has entered the long slog of rule writing on the stablecoin law, and the Treasury is inviting input on how to deal with illicit activity.

Treasury Department columns and statue (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Grvt Raises $19M to Bring Privacy and Scale to On-Chain Finance

ZKsync, Further Ventures, EigenCloud and 500 Global back privacy-driven DEX in push toward trillion-dollar on-chain finance

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Markets

Are Pure Play Bitcoin Miners Going to Reprice Like AI/HPC Miners?

MARA and CLSK rally as bitcoin nears $118,000 and sector momentum builds.

Mining rig. (Shutterstock)

Policy

Is Binance Cutting Deals with Team Trump? That's What Senate Democrats Are Asking

Senator Elizabeth Warren and colleagues asked the attorney general what's up with Binance and reports of U.S. talks over its enforcement compliance.

Chanpeng "CZ" Zhao (Nikhilesh De/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Chainlink's LINK Surges 6% on Treasury Purchase, ETF Anticipation

Caliber bought $6.5 million in tokens as part of its digital asset treasury strategy, while the Chainlink Reserve's token buybacks near $8 million since last month.

"LINK Surges 6% on Institutional Buying Amid Geopolitical Uncertainty and Blockchain Adoption"

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Finance

Coinbase Adds USDC Lending With Morpho and Steakhouse Financial

The feature lets Coinbase users earn yield on USDC deposits while powering the platform’s crypto-backed loan market.

Coinbase adds bitcoin-backed borrowing

Finance

Tristan Thompson Taps Somnia to Bring Basketball Fandom On-Chain

The NBA champion is launching an on-chain experience this October that tokenizes player value in real time.

Tristan Thompson and Herman Nerula (Basketball.fun)