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

XRP, SUI Lead Crypto Rebound as Bitcoin Tops $89K; Relief Rally Faces $100K Wall, Trader Says

Traders now see a December rate cut increasingly likely, following fresh comments from San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly.

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Markets

Filecoin Rises 2% After Breaking $1.63 Resistance

FIL broke out on heavy volume as technical momentum accelerated past critical threshold levels.

"Filecoin Surges 5.4% to $1.67, Breaking Key $1.63 Resistance on Strong Momentum"

Finance

Crypto Wallet Firm Exodus Buys Baanx and Monavate for $175M

The U.S.-listed wallet provider is acquiring W3C Corp, the parent company of crypto card and payments firms Baanx and Monavate.

A wallet full of credit cards

Markets

CME Crypto Futures Volume Hits Record 795K Contracts Amid Volatility

A surge in institutional and retail demand has pushed CME’s crypto average daily volume up 132% year-over-year, with open interest climbing 82%.

(John Gress/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Policy

State of Crypto: What Congress Has Left to Do This Year

There is not a lot of time left for Congress to make meaningful progress this year on crypto issues.

U.S. Congress (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Grayscale's DOGE, XRP ETFs to Go Live on NYSE Monday

Rival crypto asset manager Bitwise launched its XRP ETF earlier this week.

Grayscale on a screen (modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Tether’s Gold Hoard Surges to 116 Tons, Rivals Small Central Banks

Jefferies said that stablecoin giant Tether has quietly become one of the gold market’s most influential new buyers.

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Policy

Crypto Lobbyists Pitching Trump on Getting Things Done During Congress' Uncertainty

Industry groups signed a letter to President Donald Trump calling for new tax policy and agency action on initiatives apart from Congress' market structure work.

Donald Trump (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Policy

Trump's CFTC Pick, Mike Selig, Clears Hurdle on Way Toward Confirmation Vote

The day after his confirmation hearing, the Senate Agriculture Committee made a quick vote to push Mike Selig toward the overall Senate for a final vote.

Mike Selig (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Stablecoin Spending Goes Mainstream With Opera MiniPay’s LatAm Integration

The feature connects USDT balances to PIX and Mercado Pago, enabling users to pay with QR codes and converting to local currency instantly.

opera browser on smartphone (Zulfugar Karimov/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)