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

State of Crypto: Previewing Congress' 'Crypto Week'

On deck: Stablecoin, market structure and central bank digital currency bills.

(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Policy

Robinhood Probed by Florida AG’s Office Over Allegedly ‘Deceptive’ Crypto Pricing Claims

The Florida Attorney General said there is evidence that crypto trading on Robinhood is actually more expensive due to its payment for order flow (PFOF) model.

Robinhood app (Getty Images/Cheng Xin)

Policy

Grayscale Challenges SEC’s Delay of GDLC ETF Launch, Calls Stay Order Unlawful

The asset manager says the SEC’s surprise pause on its approved multi-asset crypto ETF is unlawful and hurting investors.

David LaValle, President of CoinDesk Indices at Consensus 2025 in Toronto.

Policy

Robinhood’s OpenAI Tokens Walk a Legal Tightrope, Says Crypto Lawyer

Efforts to tokenize pre-IPO stocks, like what Robinhood is doing with OpenAI, may help unlock liquidity in private markets, but the structure likely qualifies as a security, carries bankruptcy risk and could spark lawsuits over shareholder agreement breaches.

OpenAI Logo (Levart_Photographer/Unsplash)

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Markets

Ethereum's ETH Surges to $3K as ETF Flows, Tokenization Narrative Fuels Rally

The second-largest crypto has lagged behind BTC during this cycle, but the narrative has started to turn more positive recently.

Ether (ETH) price on July 10 (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Hits New All-Time High at $116k, Nearly $1B Shorts Get Liquidated: Markets Liveblog

Analysts and longtime industry participants weigh in on how this week's bitcoin price action resembles — or differs from — past bull runs.

Roller coaster. (Shutterstock)

Policy

Former Bitfury Exec Gould Confirmed to Take Over U.S. Banking Agency OCC

Jonathan Gould, a former top official at the agency and ex-chief legal officer for Bitfury, is set to run the OCC as Trump's pro-crypto policies rise into place.

Jonathan Gould, OCC

Markets

Bitcoin Breaks Fresh Record Topping $116,000

The new all-time high on Thursday follows multiple attempts to break above the $112,000 level.

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Policy

U.S. Digital Assets Tax Policy Getting Hearing During 'Crypto Week'

The House Ways and Means Committee is set on July 16 to examine how to set up proper taxation for the crypto sector.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $111K, on Brink of Breaking Record High; Ether's 6% Jump Leads Major Cryptos

The price of BTC has seemingly been capped at $110,000 for several weeks, with gains quickly reversing each time it approached that level.

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