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

SEC, CFTC to push united crypto work now that they both have Trump-appointed heads

The two U.S. markets regulators will have a joint event to highlight their unified crypto agenda, following the arrival of permanent CFTC chief Mike Selig.

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

Markets

Ark Invest sees bitcoin and tokenization driving the next phase of digital asset growth

The asset manager said bitcoin’s institutional adoption and asset tokenization are pushing digital assets toward scale, potentially reaching tens of trillions by decade’s end.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood

Finance

Ondo to put BitGo stock onchain following New York Stock Exchange debut

The crypto company's stock will be available in a tokenized version on Ethereum, Solana and BNB Chain closely after it starts trading on NYSE.

Blockchain Technology

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Finance

AI infrastructure firm secures up to $500 million onchain loan after bypassing banks

The credit facility used GPU hardware as tokenized collateral, enabling faster capital access without traditional credit checks.

US dollars loan ( Frederick Warren/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Bank lobby targets stablecoin yield and open banking in policy push

The American Bankers Association’s latest priorities aim to limit how digital dollars earn returns and how financial data is shared as lawmakers debate U.S. crypto market structure legislation.

Wall street signs, traffic light, New York City

Policy

Crypto bill likely delayed for weeks by Banking Committee after Coinbase pulled its support

The momentum for new crypto rules in Washington has slowed to a crawl and and it is not expected to resume for at least several weeks.

Senator Scott, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee

Policy

Senate Agriculture publishes own version of market structure bill without bipartisan support

The industry's great legislative hope is shifting to the U.S. Senate's Agriculture Committee, which released its own draft of the contentious oversight effort.

Sen. John Boozman, chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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Finance

Shark Tank's Kevin O’Leary on betting big on data centers and why most crypto tokens will never come back

The Shark Tank investor is preparing shovel-ready sites for bitcoin miners and data centers, betting that infrastructure — not tokens — will drive the next wave of value.

Kevin O'Leary (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Finance

Private credit may be the breakout use case for tokenization: Maple's Sidney Powell

Maple Finance CEO Sidney Powell said blockchain’s biggest opportunity isn’t tokenized Treasury bills or funds — instead, it’s bringing opaque, illiquid private credit markets onchain.

Art installation reminiscent of digital ecosystems