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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Policy

Crypto campaign cash from Fairshake flooded Southern primaries, picked winners

The leading industry super PAC claimed a "6-0 sweep" in the primaries in Kentucky, Alabama and Georgia, though one big race awaits a runoff.

U.S. Senate candidate Andy Barr

Policy

Trump orders government, Fed to review crypto firms' access to payment rails

Donald Trump's executive order asks the Fed to review how depository institutions may be granted access to payment services, an area the crypto industry is deeply involved with.

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

Markets

The SEC wants to let newly public companies raise cash instantly in its biggest rule change in decades

The agency is proposing its largest overhaul of public listing rules in over 20 years, cutting compliance costs and giving crypto firms a much easier path to raise cash on Wall Street.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

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)

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News Analysis

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)

Policy

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)

Markets

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

Markets

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)

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Tech

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.

Finance

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)