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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Markets

Bakkt Reboots With Fresh Strategy; Initiate at Buy with $13 Price Target: Benchmark

Under the firm's new CEO Akshay Naheta, Bakkt has shed its custody arm and is selling off its legacy loyalty business, the report said.

XRP looks north. (StockSnap/Pixabay)

Finance

Tetra Digital Raises $10M to Create a Regulated Canadian Dollar Stablecoin

The firm is targeting an early 2026 launch, backed by investors such as Shopify, Wealthsimple and National Bank.

(Sebastiaan Stam/Unsplash)

Policy

Nasdaq Seeks Nod From U.S. SEC to Tokenize Stocks

The leading U.S. exchange for technology giants is moving toward blockchain-based listing and trading of stocks, filing a request with the SEC to pursue it.

Nasdaq. (CoinDesk Archives)

Policy

Chainlink Co-Founder Sees Tokenization as Rising Future After Meeting SEC's Atkins

Sergey Nazarov met with SEC Chairman Paul Atkins and told CoinDesk he's impressed by how serious Atkins is about moving quickly on tokenization.

Chainlink CEO and co-founder Sergey Nazarov

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Markets

Stablecoin Retail Transfers Break Records in 2025, Hit $5.8B in August

Retail transfers under $250 are at all-time highs, with BSC and Ethereum mainnet gaining ground as Tron falls, according to a fresh report by CEX.io.

Stabelcoin transfers under $250 dollar (Visa/Allium)

Policy

State of Crypto: Congress Is Back From Break

Everyone is back from summer vacation.

Senator Tim Scott (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Legislation Steering U.S. Fate of Crypto Emerges in New Version in Senate

Lawmakers in the Senate Banking Committee have a new draft of the crypto market structure bill that would establish U.S. regulations for crypto trading.

Sen. Tim Scott (Nikhilesh De/ColnDesk)

Policy

SEC, CFTC Chiefs Say Crypto Turf Wars Over as Agencies Move Ahead on Joint Work

Paul Atkins and Caroline Pham presented a united front when discussing future regulatory moves by their two agencies during a call on Friday.

SEC Chair Paul Atkins (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Finance

Fireblocks Dives Further Into Stablecoins With Intro of In-House Payments Network

The stablecoin network is designed to provide higher efficiency and lower risk than currently exists when providers use more fragmented and disperse systems.

Left to right: Fireblocks co-founders Pavel Berengoltz, Michael Shaulov and Idan Ofrat. (Fireblocks)

Policy

U.S. CFTC Gives Go-Ahead for Polymarket's New Exchange, QCX

The predictions market firm had recently acquired the CFTC-regulated platform, and now the regulator has granted it certain concessions.

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan at Consensus 2024 (CoinDesk).