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

SEC Approves, Immediately Pauses Bitwise's Bid to Convert BITW Crypto Index Fund to ETF

The SEC has released multiple crypto ETF updates this week, signaling shifting regulatory priorities.

U.S. SEC headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Prediction Market Polymarket Weighs Launching Its Own Stablecoin: Source

Polymarket would create its own stablecoin to own the yield-generating USD reserves that back the amount of Circle’s dollar-pegged token, USDC, a source said.

Shayne Coplan, CEO, Polymarket, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk).

Policy

FBI Drops Criminal Probe Into Kraken Founder Jesse Powell

Jesse Powell is no longer under investigation for alleged hacking tied to a nonprofit he co-founded.

Kraken co-founder and chairman Jesse Powell

Policy

Senate Releases Answer to Clarity Act as It Continues Market Structure Work

The Senate published a 35-page discussion draft market structure bill, asking for industry input on how it may be improved.

Senators Cynthia Lummis and Tim Scott, and White House crypto adviser Bo Hines (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Policy

Photos: Trump Signs the GENIUS Act Into Law

On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump signed the first-ever major piece of crypto legislation into law.

Donald Trump (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Defense Raises Possibility of a Mistrial Over Allegedly Misleading ‘Victim’ Witness Testimony in Roman Storm Trial

The victim of a pig butchering scam told the jury that her money flowed through Tornado Cash — but several blockchain sleuths have pointed out that it didn’t.

Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm outside the Manhattan courthouse where he is being tried for criminal money laundering (CoinDesk/Cheyenne Ligon)

Tech

Jito Launches BAM to Reshape Solana’s Blockspace Economy

The Block Assembly Marketplace (BAM) is a new system aimed at improving how blocks are built and how transactions are sequenced on the Solana blockchain.

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Finance

Crypto Exchange Bullish Files for U.S. IPO

The company plans a NYSE listing under the ticker “BLSH.”

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Policy

Tether CEO Says He'll Comply With GENIUS to Come to U.S., Circle Says It's Set Now

Paolo Ardoino, Tether's chief, said his firm will come to the U.S., is chasing high-level auditing and will adjust reserves, but Jeremy Allaire said Circle is already compliant.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino at White House