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

U.S. government seizes $400 million Helix allegedly made from drug-linked transactions

The Department of Justice said it now holds legal title over crypto, real estate and monetary assets tied to darknet mixing service, Helix

(Kaur Kristjan on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Visa and Mastercard aren’t buying the stablecoin hype for everyday payments

Despite crypto’s promise of faster, cheaper transactions, the payments giants aren’t buying the stablecoin pitch, at least not in developed markets.

(Kateryna Ivanova/Unsplash)

Policy

Bitcoin is the 'newest, coolest software': Inside Kevin Warsh’s complicated crypto history

The former Federal Reserve governor has invested in crypto firms, criticized bitcoin’s role as money and argued for a U.S. digital dollar.

Kevin Warsh. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin pulls back to as low as $81,000 as horrendous day continues

The world's largest cryptocurrency has shed nearly $10,000 over the past 24 hours, now threatening to take out its recent November low just under $81,000.

Ether has fallen below a key bull market trendline.  (Eva Blue/Unsplash)

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Policy

U.S. SEC, CFTC chiefs push united front on paving the way for crypto

With Commodity Futures Trading Commission head Mike Selig new in the role, the agencies held a "harmonization" event to show they're side-by-side.

CFTC Chair Mike Selig (left) and SEC Chair Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC chair says 'time is right' for pension funds to include crypto, CFTC head says digital assets set to flourish

SEC Chair Paul Atkins and CFTC Chair Mike Selig said they are working with the Senate to get a crypto market structure bill over the line.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto bill clears U.S. Senate milestone despite Democrat opposition

The market structure legislation for the first time advanced beyond a committee, setting up the next steps that could end with a vote of the overall chamber.

Democratic Senator Corey Booker (screen capture, Senate Agriculture Committee)

Policy

Live blog: Senate Agriculture Committee advances crypto market structure bill

The Senate Agriculture Committee held a markup hearing on crypto market structure legislation.

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

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Finance

World token jumps 27% as Sam Altman reportedly eyes a biometric social network to kill off bots

The WLD token surged after Forbes reported that Sam Altman's OpenAI is planning to use Worldcoin to fight bots online.

Sam Altman

Policy

White House to meet with crypto, banking executives to discuss market structure bill

A vote on the legislation was delayed earlier this month after hitting resistance over how it proposes regulation regarding stablecoins.

White House (Michael Schofield/Unsplash)