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

Y Combinator, Base and Coinbase Ventures Launch ‘Fintech 3.0’ as Finance Goes On-Chain

The initiative calls on founders to build financial systems on blockchain rails as regulation, infrastructure and adoption align

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Finance

Crypto VC Firm Archetype Launches $100M Fund to Back Early Blockchain Startups

Archetype has a track record of successful investments, including Privy, which was acquired by Stripe, and US Bitcoin Corp, which completed a merger with Hut 8.

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC's Atkins Says Agency Pushing Toward 2025 Rules Allowing Crypto Firm Innovation

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is aiming to weigh a new digital assets "innovation exemption" by the end of the year, the chairman said.

Paul Atkins has been confirmed by the Senate to take over the Securities and Exchange Commission as chairman. (Senate Banking Committee)

Finance

Societe Generale Selects Bullish Europe to Debut Its USD Stablecoin

The European arm of crypto exchange Bullish is to be the first venue to list the SG Forge’s USD CoinVertible (USDCV) stablecoin.

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U.S., UK Form Task Force to Align on Crypto and Capital Markets

The new Transatlantic Taskforce, announced by Treasury chiefs Rachel Reeves and Scott Bessent, aims to deepen cooperation on digital assets and cross-border capital raising.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (Jordan Pettitt - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Finance

Stablecoin Adoption Set to Surge After GENIUS Act, Hit $4T in Cross-Border Volume: EY Survey

With increasing regulatory clarity, 54% of firms in the survey said they plan to adopt stablecoins within the next year.

U.S. dollar (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

State of Crypto: ETF Listings Became Easier

Companies just need to prove they meet new generic listing standards.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bankrupt Exchange FTX Set to Repay $1.6B to Creditors Starting on Sept. 30

The latest round of redistributions marks another step in the bankruptcy estate’s plan to make creditors whole after the 2022 collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's exchange.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Policy

U.S. Treasury Takes Next Step in Turning GENIUS Act Into Stablecoin Regulations

The crypto industry has entered the long slog of rule writing on the stablecoin law, and the Treasury is inviting input on how to deal with illicit activity.

Treasury Department columns and statue (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Grvt Raises $19M to Bring Privacy and Scale to On-Chain Finance

ZKsync, Further Ventures, EigenCloud and 500 Global back privacy-driven DEX in push toward trillion-dollar on-chain finance

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)