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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Markets

Bitcoin stuck as ETF inflows offset selling, but inflation data could spark a move

Weeks of sideways trading have crushed volatility, leaving Wednesday’s inflation report as the next potential catalyst, analysts said.

Spark (MyriamsFotos/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

CFTC orders Kalshi to continue offering prediction markets in New York after state lawsuit

New York sued Kalshi last month in a bid to block it from operating sports-related prediction markets.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Brazil's largest lender Itaú is stepping deeper into the tokenization

Itaú Unibanco said it teamed up with tokenization specialist OpenAssets to test tokenized bonds and funds in a pilot run by Brazil's financial watchdog ANBIMA.

“No company, no enterprise can survive in capitalism without access to the financial system,” said lawyer Fernando de Magalhães Furlan. (Credit: Tupungato / Shutterstock)

News Analysis

If crypto goes back to the congressional drawing board, 3 Democrat women loom large

The Democrats who may get a bigger say in future crypto legislative efforts are familiar figures, and they generally look at digital assets with distrust.

U.S. Representative Maxine Waters (Eric Lee/Getty Images)

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Policy

U.S. SEC sets meeting to propose Reg Crypto to support certain digital assets offerings

The Securities and Exchange Commission will vote this week to start its first major crypto rulemaking process.

U.S. SEC headquarter in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Trump Media’s bitcoin holdings shrink as crypto losses hit $361 million

The Truth Social parent held 9,477 BTC worth $557 million at the end of June, while its Cronos position also suffered a steep drop in value.

President Donald Trump at the White House (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Is Clarity's delay a blessing in disguise?: State of Crypto

The crypto industry is angry and disappointed that the Senate is not holding a procedural vote on the Clarity Act this month, but that isn't the worst possible outcome.

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Tech

Controversial Bitcoin fork BIP-110 mines two blocks, then stops

The breakaway chain inherited bitcoin’s mining difficulty with only a tiny share of hashpower, leaving blocks hours apart while both chains still accept the same transactions.

Fork (Sunbeam Photography/Unsplash)

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Policy

U.S. Senate opens first stage of crypto Clarity Act voting to give bill a chance next month

The majority leader opened the multi-stage process the Senate follows when trying to get a bill over its 60-vote hurdle, so it's still got a shot in September.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Policy

Bybit sues North Korea and Lazarus Group over $1.5 billion hack, secures asset freeze

The exchange has secured a preliminary injunction freezing stolen assets.

Ethereum developers launch Hoodi testnet (Shutterstock)