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

BONK Battles Back After Breaking Support; Traders Eye $0.000015 Rebound

BONK slipped below the key $0.000015 support but traders anticipate a near-term bounce as volume surges.

BONK-USD, Oct. 27 2025 (CoinDesk)

Finance

South Korean Crypto Exchanges See 1,400x Jump in Flows Linked to Sanctioned Cambodian Entities

Bithumb led with 12.4 billion won, followed by Upbit with 366 million won. Smaller amounts moved through Coinone and Korbit, while Gopax reported no activity.

(Thoeun Ratana/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Eric Trump's American Bitcoin and Michael Saylor's Strategy Add to Bitcoin Holdings

American Bitcoin acquired 1,414 BTC while Strategy added 390 coins.

Bitcoin treasuries (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Lender Ledn Hits $1B in Loan Origination This Year as BTC Credit Market Picks Up

The crypto lender also crossed $100 million in annual recurring revenue, the firm reported.

Ledn's co-founders, Adam Reeds (left) and Mauricio Di Bartolomeo

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Finance

David Beckham-Backed Prenetics Raises $48M to Advance Bitcoin Treasury

The health tech firm’s raise, backed by Kraken and Exodus, could bring proceeds to $216 million as it targets $1 billion in annual revenue and BTC holdings.

16:9 Healthcare, biotech, laboratory (Darko Stojanovic/Pixabay)

Finance

TZERO Plans Public Listing as Tokenization Push Gains Steam

The move positions the company to scale its regulated platform across securities, real estate and digital assets as tokenization gains mainstream momentum.

Stylized network of light focii covering Earth (geralt/Pixabay)

Policy

Trump Names SEC Crypto Task Force Head Selig as Next Nominee to Run U.S. CFTC

If confirmed, current SEC official Mike Selig would take over the U.S. commodities watchdog as it's poised to be given wide authority over crypto.

Mike Selig (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

State of Crypto: Skinny Master Accounts and Stablecoins

Fed. Governor Waller's proposal could boost stablecoin firms in the U.S.

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller at DC Fintech Week (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Tether Eyes Fresh Investments to Push USAT Stablecoin to 100M Americans at December Launch

Tether plans to launch its U.S.-compliant stablecoin USAT in December, aiming for mass reach in the creator economy, CEO Paolo Ardoino said in a CoinDesk interview.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino at White House

Markets

Polymarket Will Launch Token and Airdrop After U.S. Relaunch, CMO Says

"There will be a token, there will be an airdrop," CMO said as the platform nears an official U.S. return via a regulated exchange.

Polymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)