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

U.S. Senate's Warren asks for Trump-tied crypto probe as market structure bill drags

The influential Democrat is the most vocal critic of the crypto legislation, and she continues to throw rhetorical sand in the gears of the negotiation.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. FDIC proposes first U.S. stablecoin rule to emerge from GENIUS Act

The banking regulator began its formal rulemaking process to set up the procedures by which depository institutions can start stablecoin subsidiaries.

Acting FDIC chairman Travis Hill

Policy

PayPal, issuer of PYUSD, applies for Utah industrial bank license

The company behind the PYUSD stablecoin said it wants to offer business lending and interest-bearing savings accounts.

PayPal building

Policy

Senate punts crypto market structure bill to next year

The Senate will not hold a market structure markup hearing this month, pushing any progress toward a new crypto law to next year.

CoinDesk

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Policy

UK Supreme Court refuses BSV appeal, narrowing $13 billion lawsuit against crypto exchanges

Crypto lawyer Irina Heaver said the ruling reinforces limits on exchange liability and rejects claims tied to speculative future gains following BSV’s delisting

Still from Craig Wright's testimony on day three of the Hodlonaut vs. Craig Wright trial on Sept. 14, 2022. (Bitcoin Magazine/YouTube)

Finance

BlackRock continues its aggressive push into crypto with seven new global job openings

The $10 trillion asset manager is staffing up to scale digital asset ETFs, pursue tokenization and identify "first-mover big bets" in Asia.

The BlackRock company logo is seen outside of its NYC headquarters. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Markets

CME Group Expands Crypto Derivatives With Spot-Quoted XRP and Solana Futures

These are CME’s smallest crypto contracts to date, aimed at active participants who prefer to trade in spot market terms without managing contract expiries or rollovers.

Price and depth chart on laptop (Austin Distel/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

Bitcoin Miner IREN’s 47% Slide Flagged as a Buying Opportunity by B. Riley

The bank kept its buy rating on the stock and $74 target, citing a Microsoft GPU ramp and ample funding options.

Racks of mining machines.

Policy

Most Influential: Todd Blanche

The crypto industry praised a memo signed by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directing the Department of Justice to end “regulation by prosecution.”

Todd Blanche