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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Finance

Stablecoin Market Could Reach $4 Trillion by 2030, Citi Says in Revised Forecast

Bank tokens may ultimately surpass stablecoins in transaction volume, report said.

Citibank

Finance

On-Chain Asset Management Is Booming; Here's Where People Are Investing

Assets under management surged 118% in 2025 to $35 billion, and crypto trading firm Keyrock predicts that the sector could nearly double again by 2026.

A trader in front of screens. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried's Sudden 'gm' Lifts FTT Token as FTX Set to Repay $1.6B

Spike in FTT activity coincides with a post from Bankman-Fried’s X account despite prison restrictions, drawing ire from the crypto community.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. CFTC Moves Toward Getting Stablecoins Involved in Tokenized Collateral Push

The acting chairman of the U.S. derivatives regulator, Caroline Pham, has been pushing an aggressive "crypto sprint" to open the markets to crypto.

Caroline Pham, acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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Markets

Tether Looking to Raise Up to $20B, Bringing its Valuation to $500B: Bloomberg

The talks of the deals are in early stages and prospective investors have been given access to a data room over the past few weeks, Bloomberg reported.

Tether (CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Infrastructure Firm Zerohash Raises $104M in Round led by Interactive Brokers, Morgan Stanley

The raise included new participation from Morgan Stanley, Apollo-managed funds, SoFi, Jump Crypto and IMC.

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Y Combinator, Base and Coinbase Ventures Launch ‘Fintech 3.0’ as Finance Goes On-Chain

The initiative calls on founders to build financial systems on blockchain rails as regulation, infrastructure and adoption align

silicon valley

Finance

Crypto VC Firm Archetype Launches $100M Fund to Back Early Blockchain Startups

Archetype has a track record of successful investments, including Privy, which was acquired by Stripe, and US Bitcoin Corp, which completed a merger with Hut 8.

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

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Policy

SEC's Atkins Says Agency Pushing Toward 2025 Rules Allowing Crypto Firm Innovation

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is aiming to weigh a new digital assets "innovation exemption" by the end of the year, the chairman said.

Paul Atkins has been confirmed by the Senate to take over the Securities and Exchange Commission as chairman. (Senate Banking Committee)

Finance

Societe Generale Selects Bullish Europe to Debut Its USD Stablecoin

The European arm of crypto exchange Bullish is to be the first venue to list the SG Forge’s USD CoinVertible (USDCV) stablecoin.

SocGen sign outside an office building