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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Coinbase-backed Stand With Crypto calls on members to campaign against banks blocking digital asset transactions

Stand With Crypto UK is telling its members to file formal complaints with high-street banks over sector-wide transfer bans.

(SWC/Coinbase)

Märkte

Kalshi now requires users to reveal employers as it fights insider trading and market manipulation

The prediction markets platform introduced new measures on Tuesday that it said will apply to markets it considers are likely to face higher risks of insider trading and abuse.

Charts, graph. (Adam Smigielski/Unsplash)

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Prediction markets get first U.S. rule proposal as CFTC pursues contract reviews

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission opened a proposed rule for public comment that sets an approach to determine contracts in the "public interest."

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Crypto tax bills a work-in-progress as U.S. House lawmakers pose concerns

The effort to push several tax bills is meant to be bipartisan, but the parties may not be comfortable with all details of the seven bills weighed by the panel.

U.S. Capitol, the seat of Congress in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Securitize CEO says tokenized stocks could unlock a $5 trillion crypto market

At a panel at ETHConf, Carlos Domingo argued that bringing stocks and exchange-traded funds onchain could unlock a market far larger than today's roughly $30 billion tokenized asset sector.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo at ETHConf 2026 (Margaux Nijkerk/ CoinDesk)

Technologie

Live updates: Bitcoin narrows early losses, returns to $62,000 as Nasdaq bounces to close down 1%

Crypto prices rose on Monday following last week's crash, but the bears still appear to be in control.

Bitcoin  (getty Images)

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Sam Bankman-Fried officially asks Trump for a presidential pardon

The fallen crypto mogul serving a 25-year sentence filed a clemency petition, betting on Donald Trump's history of crypto pardons even though the president had told him not to count on one.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is seen arriving at court on Dec. 19, 2022 in Nassau, Bahamas. (MEGA/GC Images)

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Blame bitcoin's tumble on rising inflation, not Strategy, 10xResearch argues

The main driver behind bitcoin's weakness was ETF selling after red-hot April U.S. inflation data, 10x's Markus Thielen argued. The bounce may hinge on Wednesday's CPI data, he said.

Wooden block tiles spell out the word "inflation." (Markus Winkler/Unsplash)

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Technologie

MetaMask launches AI agent wallet with built-in security for crypto trades

The launch comes as AI agents increasingly emerge as participants in crypto markets, executing trades and managing capital on behalf of users.

ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin

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A quick review of the Ways and Means tax bills: State of Crypto

The House Ways and Means Committee is gearing up for its big tax push.

U.S. Capitol, the seat of Congress in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)