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

House Dems Get Bonus Hearing on Crypto Market Structure, Assail Trump Conflicts

Maxine Waters, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, pressured an additional hearing on the crypto market structure bill.

Representative Maxine Waters (screen capture, House Financial Services Committee)

Markets

Uber Is Once Again Considering Crypto Payments, Years After Mulling BTC as Payment Method

Uber also made these claims in September 2021 and February 2022

(Erik Mclean/Unsplash)

Policy

Senate Stablecoin Bill Likely to Win Massive Bipartisan Support, Dem Lawmaker Says

Republicans "adopted a lot of the amendments" Democrats wanted, Sen. Ruben Gallego said.

Ruben Gallego (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

OFAC Sanctions Philippines-Based Tech Company For Facilitating Pig Butchering Schemes

According to OFAC, Funnull Technology Inc. provides computer infrastructure for “hundreds of thousands” of pig butchering websites.

Pigs (Getty Images/Sven Hagolani)

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Policy

U.S. Federal Reserve's New Supervision Chief Will Wield Crypto Authority

Whether it's crypto's access to banking or the issuance of stablecoins, new Fed supervision chief Michelle Bowman will have a say.

Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman (Federal Reserve Board)

Policy

Trump’s Truth Social Takes Next Step in Launching Spot Bitcoin ETF

The social media company filed an S-1 document with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday.

President Donald Trump  (The White House)

Policy

Suspect in French Crypto Kidnappings Arrested in Morocco

A 24-year-old man said to be a mastermind behind the recent crimes was taken into custody in Tangier, authorities said.

Badiss Mohamed Amide Bajjou (Interpol)

Markets

Circle Prices IPO at $31 Per Share, Valuing Stablecoin Issuer at $6.9 Billion

Circle’s IPO exceeds expectations with a surge in demand, pushing shares above the marketed range.

Circle's logo and name (Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

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Finance

JPMorgan to Accept Bitcoin ETFs as Loan Collateral in Expansion of Crypto Access: Bloomberg

The move follows CEO Jamie Dimon's recent admission that JPMorgan will soon let clients buy bitcoin.

JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York City in 2023. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Policy

Trump's Crypto Ties at Forefront as U.S. Lawmakers Weigh Crypto Market Structure Bill

Two House of Representatives hearings dug into the details of the current legislation to regulate U.S. crypto markets, but Trump loomed over the discussions.

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