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

South Korea trading giant puts receivables onchain in tokenization test with LG CNS

POSCO International and LG CNS is tapping Injective network to tokenize live commercial invoices, another sign blockchain rails are moving deeper into corporate finance.

South Korea (Photo by Daniel Bernard on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

2 weeks left for Clarity: State of Crypto

The Senate leaves town in two weeks. Here's what needs to happen for Clarity to advance before then.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. regulator warns prediction markets against cutting corners in event contracts

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission again issued an advisory that signals firms have been straying into cookie-cutter self-certification.

CFTC HQ

Policy

Senate Dems should accept the victory they won on Trump's crypto limits: White House

U.S. Senate Democrats got President Donald Trump to accept potential limits on his lucrative crypto dealings, but they say the Clarity Act's restrictions aren't enough.

Patrick Witt, executive director of the President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets (Consensus Miami 2026)

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Finance

Sam Altman-backed World Network secures $52.5 million in fresh funding to fight online AI deepfakes

The project is moving away from basic network expansion to focus entirely on integrating its biometric screening devices across enterprise software suites.

The worldcoin orb. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Clarity Act expected to miss its window before Congress' summer break, leadership says

The deadline to get the crypto market structure bill done before senators scatter will likely be missed, says Majority Leader Thune, though it may get a start before then.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

Finance

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev's X account hacked to promote token amid memecoin frenzy

The post, now deleted, touted a token called $VLAD and falsely claimed it would be listed on Robinhood.

Robinhood's Vlad Tenev speaks at Token2049 in Singapore (Token2049)

Finance

Tassat wants to help smaller banks tap the trillion-dollar stablecoin boom before Wall Street locks them out

The former Signet developer aims to launch early next year a marketplace connecting stablecoin issuers with regional lenders to manage reserves.

Tassat CEO Glen Sussman (Tassat)

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Tech

Live markets: Bitcoin slides as stocks slump on Iran war expansion, AI spending concern

Chipmaker Intel's revenue beat helped ease sentiment after a bruising session for tech stocks, with bitcoin holding near $65,000.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on Thursday (CoinDesk)

Policy

Senator Lummis: Ethics, other provisions in crypto Clarity Act to be further discussed

Senator Cynthia Lummis, one of the lead negotiators on the bill, told CoinDesk she was "pleased" that the updated bill was ready for release.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)