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

Grvt Raises $19M to Bring Privacy and Scale to On-Chain Finance

ZKsync, Further Ventures, EigenCloud and 500 Global back privacy-driven DEX in push toward trillion-dollar on-chain finance

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Markets

Are Pure Play Bitcoin Miners Going to Reprice Like AI/HPC Miners?

MARA and CLSK rally as bitcoin nears $118,000 and sector momentum builds.

Mining rig. (Shutterstock)

Policy

Is Binance Cutting Deals with Team Trump? That's What Senate Democrats Are Asking

Senator Elizabeth Warren and colleagues asked the attorney general what's up with Binance and reports of U.S. talks over its enforcement compliance.

Chanpeng "CZ" Zhao (Nikhilesh De/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Chainlink's LINK Surges 6% on Treasury Purchase, ETF Anticipation

Caliber bought $6.5 million in tokens as part of its digital asset treasury strategy, while the Chainlink Reserve's token buybacks near $8 million since last month.

"LINK Surges 6% on Institutional Buying Amid Geopolitical Uncertainty and Blockchain Adoption"

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Finance

Coinbase Adds USDC Lending With Morpho and Steakhouse Financial

The feature lets Coinbase users earn yield on USDC deposits while powering the platform’s crypto-backed loan market.

Coinbase adds bitcoin-backed borrowing

Finance

Tristan Thompson Taps Somnia to Bring Basketball Fandom On-Chain

The NBA champion is launching an on-chain experience this October that tokenizes player value in real time.

Tristan Thompson and Herman Nerula (Basketball.fun)

Markets

Crypto Exchange Gemini's Stock Trades Below IPO Price Despite Day’s Gains

The stock was trading at $25.15 versus an IPO price of $28.

Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss at White House (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

RCMP Seizes C$56M in Crypto, Shuts Down TradeOgre in Canada’s Largest Digital Asset Bust

According to the authorities' Eastern Region division, the seizure followed a year-long probe by the Money Laundering Investigative Team (MLIT).

(Jason Hafso/Unsplash)

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Tech

Plasma to Launch Mainnet Beta Blockchain for Stablecoins Next Week

The team claims that the network will debut with more than $2 billion in stablecoin liquidity.

Plasma (Ramon Salinero/Unsplash)

Policy

SEC Makes Spot Crypto ETF Listing Process Easier, Approves Grayscale's Large-Cap Crypto Fund

The move opens the way for exchanges to list spot digital asset-backed funds without the case-by-case approval of the regulator.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)