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

Solana DEX Orca launches new marketplace for tokenized real-world assets

The launch comes as crypto companies increasingly focus on tokenizing traditional financial assets, a market many in the industry see as a major growth opportunity.

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Policy

Trump praises prediction markets, defends CFTC as court cases compound

U.S. President Donald Trump said it was "critically important" that the CFTC keep "exclusive authority" over prediction markets, echoing CFTC Chair Michael Selig.

U.S. President Donald Trump  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

UK sanctions Huobi and ruble stablecoin issuer in crackdown on Russia crypto networks

Britain applied banking-style sanctions to crypto exchanges for the first time, requiring U.K. financial firms to freeze funds and trace transactions.

The Kremlin in Moscow (Artem Beliaikin/Unsplash)

Policy

Crypto and the Fed: State of Crypto

This past week saw incremental, but potentially important steps.

U.S. Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Policy

Clarity Act could spark a boom in crypto ‘yield-as-a-service’

The bill’s restrictions on yield-bearing crypto products may push the industry away from passive "hold-to-earn" models and toward AI-driven, compliant yield infrastructure, according to STBL Chief Commercial Officer Joe Vollono.

Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Harold Mendoza/Unsplash)

News Analysis

SEC Commissioner Peirce counters views that crypto rule will foster synthetic tokens

Hester Peirce, the commissioner behind the SEC's Crypto Task Force, made statements on the now-delayed proposal, perhaps tamping down mistaken beliefs.

Securities and Exchange Commission's Hester Peirce

Policy

U.S. CFTC secures deal with National Hockey League on prediction market safeguards

A new arrangement has been set between the derivatives regulator and professional hockey, following on the heels of a similar baseball agreement.

San Jose Sharks' Macklin Celebrini (right)

Policy

Polymarket moves to list parlays while SEC seeks public input on prediction market ETFs

The "combinatorial outcome contracts" would resolve if every part of an underlying contract resolved, according to a filing.

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Policy

Federal Reserve proposes limited master accounts long pursued by crypto firms

The U.S. Fed issued a revised proposal on the structure of payment accounts, taking the next step to build on an earlier pitch for so-called skinny accounts.

Fed Governor Chris Waller floated the idea of "skinny" master accounts last October. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Markets

Elon Musk's SpaceX held 18,712 bitcoin at fair value of $1.29 billion at end of Q1, IPO filing shows

The rocket and satellite company is looking to go public at a valuation of more than $1.5 trillion.

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