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. Senate Democrats Assure Crypto CEOs They're Still Willing to Move Legislation

Several top crypto executives met with senators to hash out next steps on moving forward with the bill that would regulate U.S. crypto markets.

Chainlink CEO and co-founder Sergey Nazarov

Policy

Government Shutdown Threatens Crypto's Big Picture as It Stretches to Second-Longest

The closure of the federal government isn't yet making a significant dent in the digital assets sector's interactions, but it's doing damage to long-term goals.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Tech

Google Claims Quantum Breakthrough to Reignite Bitcoin Ramifications Debate

Google said it achieved a "quantum advantage," with its Willow chip completing a calculation that would take classical supercomputers thousands of times longer.

Quantum Computing Optics (Ben Wicks/Unsplash)

Markets

T. Rowe Price Files to Launch Active Crypto ETF in Strategic Pivot

The $1.8T mutual fund giant is seeking SEC approval for its first crypto ETF, marking a bold move into digital assets.

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Policy

UK Regulator Sues Crypto Exchange HTX for Unlawful Promotion of Digital Assets

The financial watchdog previously issued warnings going back to 2023 about the exchange, which has links to Tron founder Justin Sun.

UK FCA building (FCA, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Inveniam Capital Partners Acquires Storj to Advance Decentralized Data Infrastructure

Inveniam will integrate the company's decentralized cloud technology into its platform, while Storj retains its operations and leadership.

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Tech

The Protocol: AWS Outage Halts Some Crypto Apps

Also: Monad’s Tech, Quantum Computing and Bitcoin and Securitize’s MCP Server.

(Nadine Shaabana/Unsplash)

Markets

AAVE Bounces Amid $50M Token Buyback Governance Proposal

The initiative would make $50 million annual buybacks funded by protocol revenues a permanent feature of Aave’s tokenomics.

"AAVE Climbs 2.4% to $219 Amid 24% Volume Surge, Reflecting Institutional Interest in Crypto Recovery"

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Finance

XDC Network Acquires Contour to Expand Stablecoins and Tokenization in Trade Finance

XDC said it's reviving the once-shuttered blockchain platform to help banks and businesses streamline trade financing from documentation to settlements.

XDC co-founder Ritesh Kakkad (XDC)

News Analysis

Crypto’s ‘Decentralized’ Illusion Shattered Again by Another AWS Meltdown

The October AWS outage took down some of crypto’s most prominent companies and networks. Many in the community pointed out their lack of decentralization.

A plug disconnected from its electricity socket.