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

NYSE, Nasdaq List Solana, Hedera, Litecoin Spot Crypto ETFs for Trading This Week

NYSE and Nasdaq move ahead with listings for four new spot crypto ETFs as SEC staff process approvals despite the government shutdown.

New York Stock Exchange, NYSE (Shutterstock)

Finance

Wall Street Bank Citi, Coinbase Partner to Expand Digital Asset Payments

The bank is working with Coinbase to streamline digital asset payments for institutional clients.

Citibank (TungCheung/Shutterstock)

Markets

Chainlink's LINK Gains as Whales Accumulate $188M After October Crypto Crash

Large tokens holders withdrew nearly 10 million tokens from Binance, one onchain analyst noted, signaling steady investor demand.

Chainlink Breaks $18.70 Resistance with 2.85% Gain Amid Volume Caution

Markets

ICP Faces Downward Pressure but Traders Eye Relief Bounce Near $3.15

Internet Computer slid to $3.19 after breaking support, but buyers see short-term rebound potential near $3.15.

ICP-USD, Oct. 27 2025 (CoinDesk)

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Markets

BONK Battles Back After Breaking Support; Traders Eye $0.000015 Rebound

BONK slipped below the key $0.000015 support but traders anticipate a near-term bounce as volume surges.

BONK-USD, Oct. 27 2025 (CoinDesk)

Finance

South Korean Crypto Exchanges See 1,400x Jump in Flows Linked to Sanctioned Cambodian Entities

Bithumb led with 12.4 billion won, followed by Upbit with 366 million won. Smaller amounts moved through Coinone and Korbit, while Gopax reported no activity.

(Thoeun Ratana/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Eric Trump's American Bitcoin and Michael Saylor's Strategy Add to Bitcoin Holdings

American Bitcoin acquired 1,414 BTC while Strategy added 390 coins.

Bitcoin treasuries (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Lender Ledn Hits $1B in Loan Origination This Year as BTC Credit Market Picks Up

The crypto lender also crossed $100 million in annual recurring revenue, the firm reported.

Ledn's co-founders, Adam Reeds (left) and Mauricio Di Bartolomeo

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Finance

David Beckham-Backed Prenetics Raises $48M to Advance Bitcoin Treasury

The health tech firm’s raise, backed by Kraken and Exodus, could bring proceeds to $216 million as it targets $1 billion in annual revenue and BTC holdings.

16:9 Healthcare, biotech, laboratory (Darko Stojanovic/Pixabay)

Finance

TZERO Plans Public Listing as Tokenization Push Gains Steam

The move positions the company to scale its regulated platform across securities, real estate and digital assets as tokenization gains mainstream momentum.

Stylized network of light focii covering Earth (geralt/Pixabay)