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

Someone was trying to sell Ondo Finance after founder Nathan Allman's death

The company has vehemently denied that it was shopping for buyers. Allman’s estate declined to comment.

Nathan Allman sits on a panel at Consensus 2025

Policy

U.S. commodities firms can invest in tokenized assets, use blockchain records: CFTC

The U.S derivatives regulator is grinding away at further guidance that welcomes tokenization and blockchain recordkeeping as regular industry elements.

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

Markets

Kalshi says it is not being investigated by the CFTC over trading activity

The prediction market says unusual patterns in its ether perpetual market are the result of liquidity incentives.

(Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Policy

White House adviser defends President Trump's crypto ties in wake of Clarity Act defeat

President Donald Trump's crypto adviser, Patrick Witt, accused Democrats of unfairly amplifying Trump's crypto ties as a political weapon.

Patrick Witt, executive director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Policy

Democrats 'chose visceral hatred for' Donald Trump over crypto Clarity Act, Lummis says

Senator Cynthia Lummis said the crypto industry should "pin it on the Democrats" in her first public remarks after last week's failed Clarity Act vote.

Senator Cynthia Lummis (right) speaking at CoinDesk's Policy & Regulation event on Sept. 22, 2026. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto market structure can't wait for shot at post-election Clarity Act surge: White House

White House and U.S. Treasury officials agree that despite some hope that Congress' "lame duck" session could see the bill again, the work's in regulators' hands.

White House adviser Patrick Witt, speaking at CoinDesk's Policy & Regulation event on Sept. 22, 2026. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Next for the U.S. SEC: Agency's chief crypto counsel illuminates path for custody

Taylor Lindman, the top lawyer on the agency's Crypto Task Force, says the SEC is trying to get firms comfortable with blockchain technology and crypto assets.

SEC Crypto Task Force Chief Counsel Taylor Lindman (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

News Analysis

Crypto political group plans to spend $30 million against Sherrod Brown's Senate bid

It's the biggest spending from the industry's campaign arm in 2026, much like Fairshake's $40 million against Brown two years ago was its largest-ever outlay.

Former Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

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News Analysis

Clarity Act, we hardly knew ye: We look at what was in the bill and what's replacing it

U.S. agencies are racing to substitute their regulations for the law that was meant to set crypto markets in governmental bedrock, but will the stand-ins last?

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Real stocks are finally coming on blockchain. Here’s how the SEC wants it to work

The SEC is giving tokenized stocks a regulated U.S. pathway, while keeping trading volumes, access and issuer rights tightly controlled.

SEC Chair Paul Atkins (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)