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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Markets

Grayscale launches lowest-fee U.S. Hyperliquid ETF as competition heats up around HYPE

The Nasdaq-listed fund charges a 0.29% sponsor fee, undercutting rival Hyperliquid ETFs from 21Shares and Bitwise.

Krista Lynch Grayscale

Policy

Banks' survey says people don't want to rock the boat if stablecoin yield risks lending

The American Bankers Association, which lobbies against the crypto sector over the Clarity Act's stablecoin section, unveiled its new polling.

banks in London (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Policy

UK House of Lords committee calls on Bank of England to reconsider proposed stablecoin restrictions

The Bank of England proposed limits of 20,000 pounds per coin for individuals and 10 million pounds for businesses.

Houses of Parliament, London (Drop of Light/Shutterstock)

Policy

U.S. sanctions Iranian crypto exchanges in ongoing war against the country

OFAC said it was blacklisting Nobitex and three other Iranian exchanges, as well as a few executives, citing links to terror and other crimes.

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Finance

Coinbase backs Ethena ahead of savings product launch for exchange's 100 million users

Coinbase Ventures, the exchange's venture arm, bought Ethena tokens on the open market as the protocol is set to roll out a Coinbase integration next week.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Markets

Galaxy enters institutional prediction markets with $10 million Arca trade

The digital asset firm launched OTC prediction markets trading for institutions and completed a $10 million trade tied to U.S. crypto legislation with hedge fund Arca.

(Daniel Murray/Consensus)

Finance

MoneyGram launches stablecoin on Stellar, joining rush toward digital dollar payments

MGUSD, issued by Stripe's Bridge, will power services across MoneyGram's global network as stablecoins gain traction in cross-border payments.

(Courtesy MoneyGram)

Finance

Crypto investment firm Keyrock is acquiring bankrupt lender Blockfills

The Brussels-based digital asset services firm plans to purchase BlockFills months after the Chicago-based company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, if a court approves.

Keyrock CEO and co-founder Kevin de Patoul (Keyrock)

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Crypto funds suffer second-largest outflows of 2026 while XRP and HYPE attract inflows

Investors pulled $1.67 billion from digital asset investment products last week, with bitcoin funds posting their largest weekly outflow of the year, according to a recent report from CoinShares.

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It's not 2022 anymore: What Strategy's first bitcoin sale can (and can't) tell us about this one

Michael Saylor's Strategy has evolved into a far more complex bitcoin-finance machine since it last sold BTC three and half years ago.

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