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

Trump-linked American Bitcoin shares spike over 12% after announcing more mining power

The Trump family-linked mining and treasury company announced 11,298 additional bitcoin mining ASICs at its Drumheller site.

An engineer works with bitcoin mining rigs (Shutterstock)

Markets

Crypto giant GSR launches its first ETF to give investors an easy way to bet on the big 3 tokens

GSR is entering the asset management space with a new Nasdaq-listed ETF that actively manages a basket of bitcoin, ether and solana while offering investors a chance to earn staking yields.

The cuts came in the third quarter. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Tron's Justin Sun sues Trump-linked World Liberty Financial over frozen assets

World Liberty unfairly froze Sun's $WLFI tokens and threatened him, the lawsuit alleged.

World Liberty Financial's Zak Folkman (Right) at Consensus Hong Kong on Feb. 19. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

News Analysis

Crypto's great hope in Senate's Clarity Act still has a path to survive tight calendar

A sideshow stablecoin yield debate has dragged the market structure bill through months of delay, even as the Senate's available floor time diminishes for 2026.

Senator Thom Tillis (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Policy

New York sues Coinbase, Gemini over prediction market offerings

New York has become the latest state to argue that prediction market contracts touching on sports and entertainment violate state gambling laws.

New York Attorney General Letitia James (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Democracy Forward)

Markets

Prediction markets are the new secret weapon for Coinbase and Robinhood growth

Cantor Fitzgerald analysts said the market is treating recent trading slumps as old news, shifting focus instead toward prediction markets and new product launches to drive the next leg of growth for Coinbase and Robinhood.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin slides toward $75,000 amid Warsh hearing, stalling U.S.-Iran talks

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq gave back their early morning gains alongside BTC as markets digested the Fed Chair nominee's Senate confirmation hearing and report of stalled Iran talks.

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Markets

Kalshi takes on Coinbase, Robinhood with new plan to offer crypto perpetual futures: The Information

Prediction market platform Kalshi is moving onto Coinbase’s turf by launching crypto perpetual futures, aiming to capture the massive demand for digital asset derivatives within a regulated U.S. framework.

Kalshi App (Getty Images)

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Finance

European banks are at risk of losing customers to rivals with better crypto tools

A new study found that while European investors find crypto complex, they are increasingly willing to switch banks to find a trusted partner that offers secure and regulated digital asset services.

European Union Flag (Christian Lue/Unsplash)

Tech

North Korea’s crypto heist playbook is expanding and DeFi keeps getting hit

More than $500 million was siphoned across the Drift and Kelp exploits in just over two weeks. What once looked like isolated breaches now resembles a sustained campaign, likely driven by the financial needs of a sanctioned state.

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