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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Piyasalar

Ether to hit $40,000 by 2030 beating bitcoin, Standard Chartered says

The bank sees ether benefiting from sector-specific tailwinds even as broader crypto momentum remains uneven.

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Politika

JPMorgan downplays stablecoin threat as local bankers warn of $6.6 trillion risk

The ABA sent a letter to the U.S. Senate, saying stablecoins that offer yields will affect its banking members ability to grant loans, but JPMorgan disagrees.


Finans

Ethereum’s future hinges on zero-knowledge proofs, EF director says

In a recent interview with CoinDesk, Ethereum Foundation co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang described zero-knowledge as part of Ethereum’s midterm roadmap, pointing to “many amazing breakthroughs” in the past one to two years.

Tomasz K. Stańczak and Hsiao-Wei Wang

Finans

Robinhood explains building an Ethereum layer-2: 'We wanted the security from Ethereum'

CoinDesk sat down with Robinhood’s head of crypto, Johann Kerbrat, to get an update on its upcoming layer-2 network, its tokenized stocks program, and its staking offerings.

Johann Kerbrat (on left), GM of Robinhood Crypto (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Politika

The Senate moves toward a market structure vote: State of Crypto

Lawmakers will (finally) vote on a market structure bill next week.

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

Politika

Senate Republicans race toward crypto vote on bill with uncertain Democratic buy-in

The Banking Committee chief confirmed Friday evening that he's pressing forward, though the Agriculture Committee says it still hopes for a bipartisan version.

Sen. John Boozman (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Politika

Crypto crowd could still walk away from U.S. market structure bill if DeFi needs unmet

There are red-line demands from decentralized finance — and backed by the rest of crypto — that remain unknowns as senators finish the draft they'll vote on.

The U.S. Capitol.

Politika

Trump says he won't rescue Sam Bankman-Fried with pardon

The president told the New York Times he won't pardon ex-FTX CEO SBF, nor will he be granting help to Sean Combs or Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Politika

Bitnomial wins U.S. regulator's nod on prediction markets push, joins growing crowd

U.S. derivatives platform and clearinghouse is focusing on prediction contracts targeted at digital assets movements and economic indicators.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Piyasalar

Bank of America upgrades Coinbase to 'buy' as exchange moves beyond crypto

Bank of America said it recommended investors buy Coinbase's stock, pointing to its new products including weekday equities trading and prediction markets.

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