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

Senate Agriculture panel delays market structure hearing to Thursday after winter storm

The Senate Agriculture Committee pushed its planned markup hearing, where lawmakers would debate and vote on its market structure bill, to Thursday morning.

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Policy

Market structure bill delay seen capping U.S. crypto valuations, Benchmark says

Failure to pass market structure legislation this year wouldn’t derail U.S. crypto, but it would prolong regulatory ambiguity, favoring bitcoin and infrastructure.

The U.S. Capitol.

Markets

How a 'perpetual’ stock trick could solve Michael Saylor’s $8 billion debt problem

The bitcoin treasury firm is using perpetual preferreds to retire convertibles, offering a potential framework for managing long-dated leverage.

Strive CEO Matt Cole speaks at BTC Asia in Hong Kong (screenshot)

Tech

Solana’s new phase is ‘much more about finance,’ says Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante

The Solana ecosystem has spent the past year doubling down on a financial infrastructure, Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante told CoinDesk.

Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante (CoinDesk)

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Finance

Sui Group charts new course for crypto treasuries with stablecoins and DeFi

The Nasdaq-listed firm said it is evolving beyond a crypto treasury vehicle into a yield-generating operating business.

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News Analysis

The big U.S. crypto bill is on the move. Here is what it means for everyday users

For those who don't have the compass and the time to track Congress through its arcane procedures, here's what's likely to affect you if a bill passes. Or doesn't.

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

Finance

Agora's Nick van Eck bets on stablecoin boom in enterprise payments

Agora CEO Nick van Eck sees stablecoin adoption shifting to real-world business for cross-border payments.

Agora CEO Nick van Eck

Policy

Days of our market structure bills: State of Crypto

We have a new draft and fresh questions.

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Finance

R3 bets on Solana to bring institutional yield onchain

As DeFi investors seek stable, uncorrelated returns, R3 is building Solana-native structures to bring private credit and trade finance into crypto markets.

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Policy

Senate Agriculture's crypto market structure draft peppered with Democrat pitches

The latest draft of the major crypto legislation has begun to be targeted with amendments as the Senate Agriculture Committee approaches its hearing next week.

Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. (screen capture, Senate Agriculture Committee)