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

Suspect in French Crypto Kidnappings Arrested in Morocco

A 24-year-old man said to be a mastermind behind the recent crimes was taken into custody in Tangier, authorities said.

Badiss Mohamed Amide Bajjou (Interpol)

Markets

Circle Prices IPO at $31 Per Share, Valuing Stablecoin Issuer at $6.9 Billion

Circle’s IPO exceeds expectations with a surge in demand, pushing shares above the marketed range.

(Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

Finance

JPMorgan to Accept Bitcoin ETFs as Loan Collateral in Expansion of Crypto Access: Bloomberg

The move follows CEO Jamie Dimon's recent admission that JPMorgan will soon let clients buy bitcoin.

JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York City in 2023. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Policy

Trump's Crypto Ties at Forefront as U.S. Lawmakers Weigh Crypto Market Structure Bill

Two House of Representatives hearings dug into the details of the current legislation to regulate U.S. crypto markets, but Trump loomed over the discussions.

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Policy

South Korea Elects Crypto-Friendly Lee Jae-myung as New President

During the election Lee Jae-myung made a host of crypto promises to appeal to the nation's 15 million crypto investors.

South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung (Getty Images/Chung Sung-Jun)

Finance

Rails Raises $14M From Backers Including Kraken to Launch Crypto Exchange

Backed by Kraken, Slow Ventures, and CMCC Global, the trading platform offers on-chain custody combined with high speed execution.

(Unsplash)

Policy

Dems Say They're Blocked From Info on Verge of Crypto Market Structure Bill Hearings

As the House is about to discuss its crypto market structure effort in hearings, staff for Democrats said the SEC has shut them out from technical information.

Representative Maxine Waters (	Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

Policy

Stablecoin Bills in House and Senate Still Need to Mesh on Several Points: French Hill

The U.S. crypto bills are similar but must work out matters of acceptable foreign oversight, who regulates in the U.S. and on Big Tech issuers, the top lawmaker said.

Rep. French Hill (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Trump’s Team ‘Knows Nothing’ About Apparent ‘$TRUMP Wallet’ Launch

A representative for the Trump Organization distanced the group from a new crypto app branded with the former president’s name.

President Donald Trump sits at his desk in the Oval Office. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Markets

Agri-Tech Firm Dimitra Partners With MANTRA to Bring Cacao, Carbon Credits onto the Blockchain

Despite MANTRA’s recent price crash, Dimitra CEO Jon Trask said that the project’s VARA license gave him the confidence to move forward with the partnership.

Cacao fruits (Getty Images/EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS)