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

U.S Bank Tests Custom Stablecoin Issuance on Stellar Network

The nation's fifth-largest commercial bank explores how a bank can issue stablecoins on a public blockchain.

Stellar (CoinDesk)

Finance

Oct. 7 Hamas Attack Victims Sue Binance for Damages

Binance allegedly facilitated the transfer of over $1 billion to sanctioned entities including Hamas and Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, a lawsuit said.

Chanpeng "CZ" Zhao (Nikhilesh De/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Polymarket Secures CFTC Approval for Regulated U.S. Return

Polymarket’s amended CFTC designation paves the way for the prediction-market platform to formally reopen in the U.S. with a fully regulated exchange structure.

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan (Polymarket)

News Analysis

U.S. Hours Account for Nearly All of Bitcoin’s November Losses

BTC drifts or stabilizes during Asia trading hours, softens slightly during the European handover and then absorbs most of its losses once U.S. equity markets open.

Eggs with hand-drawn anxious faces symbolizing market fears

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Markets

XRP, SUI Lead Crypto Rebound as Bitcoin Tops $89K; Relief Rally Faces $100K Wall, Trader Says

Traders now see a December rate cut increasingly likely, following fresh comments from San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly.

CoinDesk

Markets

Filecoin Rises 2% After Breaking $1.63 Resistance

FIL broke out on heavy volume as technical momentum accelerated past critical threshold levels.

"Filecoin Surges 5.4% to $1.67, Breaking Key $1.63 Resistance on Strong Momentum"

Finance

Crypto Wallet Firm Exodus Buys Baanx and Monavate for $175M

The U.S.-listed wallet provider is acquiring W3C Corp, the parent company of crypto card and payments firms Baanx and Monavate.

A wallet full of credit cards

Markets

CME Crypto Futures Volume Hits Record 795K Contracts Amid Volatility

A surge in institutional and retail demand has pushed CME’s crypto average daily volume up 132% year-over-year, with open interest climbing 82%.

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Policy

State of Crypto: What Congress Has Left to Do This Year

There is not a lot of time left for Congress to make meaningful progress this year on crypto issues.

U.S. Congress (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Grayscale's DOGE, XRP ETFs to Go Live on NYSE Monday

Rival crypto asset manager Bitwise launched its XRP ETF earlier this week.

Grayscale on a screen (modified by CoinDesk)