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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Finance

Securitize eyes acquisitions with $400 million war chest after going public, CEO says

Following its NYSE debut, Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo said the firm wants to expand its institutional tokenization platform rather than buy competitors.

Securitize's Carlos Domingo (CoinDesk)

Policy

Clarity and Congress's summer break: State of Crypto

All parties are still optimistic that Clarity can happen before the midterms, but time is really starting to run out.

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

News Analysis

Kalshi and prediction market sector embroiled in mixed bag of legal fights across U.S.

Some of the many battles with state gaming regulators aren't going well for the industry at the moment, but it isn't without its would-be government protectors.

U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Tech

How ethical hackers with just a $3,000 server found a flaw that could've put $70 billion in crypto at risk

A critical flaw in the Aptos blockchain, which was patched, gave researchers a near-90% success rate at breaking a core security guarantee, with attack costs of just hundreds of dollars.

Liquid network faces security exploit. (Boitumelo/Unsplash)

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Policy

Binance says MiCA should be judged by who it licenses, not who it excludes

Europe head Gillian Lynch said Binance met Greece's licensing requirements and that the company remains committed to the EU, despite withdrawing its MiCA application days before the July 1 deadline.

Binance Head of Europe Gillian Lynch. (Binance/Media)

Policy

US Treasury sanctions over 100 ISIS-K crypto addresses that moved over $1.4 million

ISIS-K allegedly used its media wing to solicit donations via Tron, Monero, and Bitcoin, highlighting stablecoin issuers' growing role in sanctions enforcement.

People holding black flag (mhrezaa/Unsplash)

Finance

SBI Crypto to shut down mining pool that holds roughly 2% of Bitcoin's hashrate

Miners must redirect their hashrate before the July 31 cutoff, as the pool will stop accepting contributions after that date.

Data center (Taylor Vick/Unsplash)

Finance

Ondo Finance debuts SEC-aligned tokenized stock model with BlackRock ETF, Micron shares

Broadridge and transfer agent Oasis Pro underpin a new structure that keeps tokenized securities within existing U.S. market rules, based on the SEC's third-party custodial model.

Ondo Finance CEO Ian de Bode (Ondo Finance)

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Tech

Ethereum Institutional launch draws support from across the Ethereum ecosystem

Its launch comes as Ethereum's support ecosystem undergoes a broader evolution, following the debut of EthLabs and amid ongoing efforts by the Ethereum Foundation to respond to community criticism over transparency, communication and its role within the ecosystem.

Graphic showing ethereum symbol on a grid with screens. (Ethereum)

Finance

Robinhood rolls out public blockchain as it expands deeper into crypto

Robinhood's product push continues to blur the line between crypto and more traditional finance.

Johann Kerbrat Senior Vice President and General Manager, Crypto and International Robinhood. (CoinDesk)