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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Policy

U.S. Senate Democrats asked Treasury, DOJ to probe Binance's illicit finance controls

Nine lawmakers asked the federal agencies to investigate the global crypto exchange after reports of potential funding channeled to terrorist groups.

Senators Richard Blumenthal and Elizabeth Warren are among lawmakers pursuing probes into Binance. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. regulator's GENIUS pitch casts dark cloud over crypto sector's stablecoin model

The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency proposed rules that would govern stablecoins, including apparent limits on rewards that may affect Coinbase.

Jonathan Gould (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Tech

AI rout hits software stocks, but Grayscale says blockchains stand to benefit

As AI rattles tech stocks, Grayscale's head of research said blockchains will power intelligent agents’ transactions and help offset emerging risks.

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Tech

Vitalik Buterin unveils Ethereum roadmap to counter quantum computing threat

This move comes shortly after the Ethereum Foundation established a dedicated post-quantum research team to study the issue.

Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk)

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Policy

OCC pitches stablecoin rules as U.S. Senate holds banking hearing in which crypto stars

Before the Senate Banking Committee gaveled its banking-oversight hearing to a start, crypto claimed much of the oxygen, including in an OCC policy push.

U.S. Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould

Policy

MrBeast editor nabbed by prediction market firm Kalshi for alleged insider trading

The company said it punished the MrBeast employee and another user it said tried to get away with contracts relying on inside information.

An employee for YouTube star MrBeast was called out for insider trading at Kalshi. (Victoria Sirakova /Getty Images)

Markets

What early Bitcoin architect Adam Back thinks of this cycle

Cited in the 2008 Bitcoin white paper, Back argued volatility is typical even as regulatory clarity and institutional access expands.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back at Consensus Hong Kong in February (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Finance

Tether invests $200 million in digital marketplace Whop to expand stablecoin payments

The online marketplace said it will embed Tether's crypto wallet tools and USDT, USAT tokens to power crypto payments for over 18 million users.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino at White House

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News Analysis

A $100 million crypto campaign fund with a pro-Trump vibe so far failed to show up

The Fellowship political action committee promised $100 million, with reports that Tether may have been tied as a backer, but the fund has so far delivered zero.

election finance (photo illustration by Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

News Analysis

The chief of the SEC is headlining an event sponsored by a crypto firm at war with it

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins is a marquee speaker at a policy summit backed by Unicoin, whose CEO says the agency chief is being duped by his staff.

Unicoin truck "The War on Crypto is NOT Over" (courtesy of Unicoin)