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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Markets

Robinhood CEO says companies shouldn't get veto over stock tokens in AMC feud

In a post on Friday, Vlad Tenev said securities issuers should control shareholder rights, but not separate products that track their publicly traded shares.

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

News Analysis

The legal drama of imprisoned Sam Bankman-Fried is waiting on its last act

The fallen leader of the former top exchange FTX is looking for answers from the U.S. Supreme Court.

Sam Bankman-Fried outside court on Feb. 9, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

Policy

New Clarity Act text tweaks DeFi, credit union provisions, but road ahead for bill remains murky

The Clarity Act needs 60 votes when the Senate returns from its recess next week. Republicans circulated a fresh draft on Thursday ahead of the vote.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, a Wyoming Republican (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

OKX brings OpenAI and Anthropic bets to Europe as pre-IPO trading grows

The exchange is offering up to 10x leverage on private-company valuations alongside 100 tokenized stocks and ETFs.

OKX trading app on a mobile phone (CoinDesk)

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Finance

Europe’s top regulator questions Polymarket and Kalshi’s EU access, warns of authorization gaps

ESMA said that event contracts may fall under existing EU binary-options bans, crypto-asset frameworks like MiCA or national gambling laws.

Kalshi website shown on a laptop.

Finance

Live updates: Bitcoin slumps as oil and bond yields surge to new highs

The ECB hiked rates earlier Thursday, and U.S. core PPI was softer than expected, but still running hot.

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Policy

U.S. Treasury sanctions another widespread cyber-scam hub, Xinbi Guarantee

Chinese-language platform Xinbi is accused of operating on crypto transactions as it offered services to other criminal networks.

U.S. Treasury Department (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto lobbying orgs ask court to suspend Illinois tax as legal case continues

The motion for a preliminary injunction comes a few weeks after the Crypto Council for Innovation and Blockchain Association sued to block the law.

CCI CEO Ji Hun Kim (CoinDesk)

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News Analysis

Prediction markets inch closer to the Supreme Court: State of Crypto

New Jersey petitioned for a writ of certiorari in Kalshi's case against it last week, finally throwing the ball to the high court.

(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Finance

Southeast Asia’s crypto funding rebounds to $680 million as investors focus on mature firms

Blockchain investment in Southeast Asia in 2026 has been led by crypto financial services, though funding remains heavily concentrated in Singapore and a handful of companies.

Singapore (Shutterstock)