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. House bill would erect crypto-theft task force across law enforcement agencies

New legislation from a bipartisan duo would set up a multi-agency group under the U.S. attorney general to take a lead on cryptocurrency theft cases.

Representative Lance Gooden, a Texas Republican (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Finance

Citi opens new route into private markets with tokenized share offering

The bank said it is using blockchain technology to connect investors with private company equity through digital depositary receipts.

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Tech

Privacy returns to focus as Ethereum developers explore new token standards

In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at where privacy is headed in the Ethereum ecosystem.

can privacy and security startups survive the financial upheavals of COVID-19? (Credit: Startaê Team/Unsplash)

Markets

BlackRock and Fidelity are quietly turning bitcoin ETFs into a two-firm market

BlackRock's IBIT and Fidelity's FBTC are attracting the vast majority of new bitcoin ETF money, leaving smaller funds increasingly sidelined as institutional investors consolidate around the industry's largest players.

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Finance

Coinbase-backed Stand With Crypto calls on members to campaign against banks blocking digital asset transactions

Stand With Crypto UK is telling its members to file formal complaints with high-street banks over sector-wide transfer bans.

(SWC/Coinbase)

Markets

Kalshi now requires users to reveal employers as it fights insider trading and market manipulation

The prediction markets platform introduced new measures on Tuesday that it said will apply to markets it considers are likely to face higher risks of insider trading and abuse.

Charts, graph. (Adam Smigielski/Unsplash)

Policy

Prediction markets get first U.S. rule proposal as CFTC pursues contract reviews

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission opened a proposed rule for public comment that sets an approach to determine contracts in the "public interest."

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto tax bills a work-in-progress as U.S. House lawmakers pose concerns

The effort to push several tax bills is meant to be bipartisan, but the parties may not be comfortable with all details of the seven bills weighed by the panel.

U.S. Capitol, the seat of Congress in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Securitize CEO says tokenized stocks could unlock a $5 trillion crypto market

At a panel at ETHConf, Carlos Domingo argued that bringing stocks and exchange-traded funds onchain could unlock a market far larger than today's roughly $30 billion tokenized asset sector.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo at ETHConf 2026 (Margaux Nijkerk/ CoinDesk)

Tech

Live updates: Bitcoin narrows early losses, returns to $62,000 as Nasdaq bounces to close down 1%

Crypto prices rose on Monday following last week's crash, but the bears still appear to be in control.

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