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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Senator Elizabeth Warren accuses U.S. regulator of approving unqualified crypto banks

The Senate Banking Committee's top Democrat sent a letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency questioning the charters of nine crypto firms.

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Nieuws Analyse

Amid the Clarity Act fanfare is some worry over how a last-minute deal may punch DeFi

The crypto market structure bill saw a high-stakes, 11th-hour gambit to get Democrats on board for a bipartisan committee vote, but it might carry a cost.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, a Wyoming Republican (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Beleid

Minnesotan banks and credit unions set to provide crypto custody Aug. 1

Minnesota established the midwest’s first unified digital asset safety net for banks and credit unions.

(Gregory Hayes/Unsplash)

Markten

Hyperliquid's USDC deal could supercharge HYPE, pressure Circle, Coinbase margins, analysts say

The revenue share deal could shift an estimated $160 million in revenue from Coinbase and Circle into Hyperliquid's ecosystem, Compass Point analysts said.

Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan

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Markten

Solana is shedding its memecoin reputation as big banks move billions into its ecosystem

Wall Street and payment giants are quietly taking over Solana, moving billions onto the network for tokenized funds and global payments even as the broader crypto market cools down, according to a new report by Messari.

Institutions are increasingly using Solana, a new Messari report finds. (Unsplash)

Technologie

The Ethereum Foundation is facing a wave of high-profile departures as its internal shakeup deepens

The turnover comes as the foundation undergoes an internal transition tied to a new organizational mandate aimed at redefining its role within Ethereum.

Graphic showing ethereum symbol on a grid with screens.

Financiën

Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy receives New York BitLicense for institutional crypto push

Galaxy Digital became the second company this year to secure a New York BitLicense, following Strike’s approval in March.

(Daniel Murray/Consensus)

Financiën

Stripe-backed Tempo taps $7.5 billion DeFi lender Morpho to expand beyond payments

The move brings onchain yield and lending to the payments-focused chain in a bid to offer full-stack onchain finance platform to companies building on it.

Paul Frambot, CEO Morpho Labs (Morpho)

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Financiën

Kraken parent Payward's Q1 revenue climbs despite crypto market slump

Co-CEO Arjun Sethi said the firm kept investing through market weakness, leaning on acquisitions and futures growth to offset softer spot trading.

Kraken Co-CEO Arjun Sethi at the Securities and Exchange Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Technologie

Bitcoin faces outsized quantum threat as computing breakthroughs accelerate, Citi says

The bank said accelerating advances in quantum computing are compressing the timeline for risks to crypto and broader internet infrastructure, with Bitcoin seen as particularly exposed.

A perspex cube appears to radiate light across a surface designed with squares. (David Clode/Unsplash)