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

Coinbase Shares Jump 8% on S&P 500 Inclusion

The company is set to join the broad-market stock index on May 19, replacing Discover Financial.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong at the White House

Policy

New York Mayor Eric Adams to Crypto Industry: Come Build an Empire in NYC

“We’re in the midst of nothing short of a technological revolution,” Adams said at a Monday press briefing. “It’s not the future, it is here and it’s here now.”

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (Getty Images/Spencer Platt)

Policy

Market Structure Rules for Crypto Could End Up Governing Core of U.S. Finance: Le

TuongVy Le, a compliance expert and ex-SEC lawyer, said the rest of the financial industry is likely to migrate into the world overseen by pending regulations.

TuongVy Le

News Analysis

State of Crypto: Mapping Out the Senate Stablecoin Bill's Next Steps

While the Senate failed to advance its stablecoin bill this week, it's not dead yet.

Sen. John Boozman, David Sacks, Sen. Tim Scott and Rep. French Hill (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Policy

As Meta Said to Mull Tokens, Senator Warren Calls for Blocking Big Tech Stablecoins

While the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee argues for stablecoin limits, she and colleagues also questioned Binance's talks with Treasury.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (	Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner MARA Stock Surges Despite Earnings Miss as Analysts Applaud Cost Cutting

Both Jefferies and H.C. Wainwright analysts said MARA's focus on lowering power cost, that differentiates the miner from its peers.

MARA Holdings to Generate Single Digit Yield on 7,377 BTC (Bradley Keoun/CoinDesk)

Finance

Trump Family-Linked Firms Profited $320M on Memecoin Despite 87% Decline Since Day One

Data from Chainalysis show the creators of the TRUMP token made $320 million in fees while retail investors lost money.

Donald Trump speaking at the White House crypto summit. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Samourai Wallet Prosecutors Say Delayed FinCEN Disclosure Wasn’t a Brady Violation

At most, the late disclosure impacts one of the two charges against Samourai Wallet’s co-founders, prosecutors said in their Friday letter to the judge.

Silhouette of two samurai fighting (Getty Images/YS graphic)

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Policy

SEC, Ripple Ink $50M Settlement Agreement, Ask NY Judge for Green Light

District Judge Analisa Torres ordered Ripple to pay the SEC a $125 million fine last year. Under the new settlement agreement, Ripple will get the majority of that money back.

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple Labs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Meta Is Looking to Enter Red-Hot Stablecoin Market: Fortune

The tech giant reportedly also hired a vice president of product with crypto experience to help with the stablecoin efforts.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 31: Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony from the heads of the largest tech firms on the dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)