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

Chainlink's LINK Drops 5% Despite Coinbase Bridge Deal, But Bottoming Signs Emerge

Coinbase tapped Chainlink services for $7 billion bridge, but broader crypto weakness weighed on price.

LINK Surges 2.4% to $13.74 on Coinbase's $7B CCIP Bridge Selection

Policy

U.S. CFTC's Pham Moves for Do-Over on 'Actual Delivery' Guidance on Crypto

In what are likely her final days at the agency, the acting chairman checked another box from President Donald Trump's crypto agenda.

Caroline Pham, acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Policy

Do Kwon’s Sentencing Hearing Drags on as Court Weighs Mountain of Victim Testimony

District Judge Paul Engelmeyer offered the Terraform Labs co-founder the chance to postpone his sentencing date, in light of hundreds of victim impact statements shared with the court in the past 24 hours.

TerraForm Labs founder and CEO Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. Senate Rolls Toward Last Vote on Confirming Crypto Regulators at CFTC, FDIC

In the prolonged process of the Senate, two key officials have faced a series of procedural steps on their way to a final vote, possibly early next week.

Procedural vote toward confirmation of CFTC, FDIC heads (U.S. Senate)

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Finance

JPMorgan Pushes Deeper Into Tokenization With Galaxy's Debt Issuance on Solana

Galaxy’s onchain debt deal, where JP Morgan acted as arranger, was settled in USDC stablecoin and backed by Coinbase and Franklin Templeton.

JPMorgan building (Shutterstock)

Finance

Revolut and Trust Wallet Launch Instant Crypto Buys in EU With Self-Custody Focus

The integration allows users to buy crypto and have it sent directly to their Trust Wallet, a self-custodial app, giving them full control of their assets from the moment of purchase.

A Revolut card (Kay/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

DYdX Launches Solana Spot Trading, Opens Access to U.S. Users

The launch marks a notable shift for the decentralized exchange, which has until now been known almost entirely for its derivatives markets.

Traders "sell the news" following Fed cut (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Policy

U.S. Senate's Crypto Market Structure Bill Gets Messy as Calendar Weighs Down

The White House has shut down proposals, and lawmakers are circulating the Democrats' asks in what had been a close negotiation, revealing 11th-hour pressure.

Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Bhutan Debuts TER Gold-Backed Token on Solana

The Himalayan kingdom introduced TER, a Solana-based token backed by physical gold and issued through Gelephu Mindfulness City.

Buddha point, Thimphu, Bhutan (Passang Tobgay/Unsplash)

Markets

State Street and Galaxy to Launch Tokenized Liquidity Fund on Solana in 2026

The fund will run on Solana at launch and use PYUSD.

State Street building in London (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)