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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Tech

Live updates: bitcoin closes out weak quarter; Trump reports over $1 billion in crypto proceeds

IBIT alone shed $300 million while smaller funds absorbed some of the outflow. The selloff lands as the same AI trade that crashed Korea a week ago now powers a record quarterly rally there.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaking at Mar-a-Lago.

Finance

Securitize heads to NYSE debut after investors approve SPAC merger

The tokenization firm is expected to begin trading on the NYSE on Thursday, becoming one of the first publicly traded pure-play tokenization companies.

Securitize's Carlos Domingo (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin lending is entering a new institutional era, according to Silicon Valley Bank

The bank said bitcoin lending has emerged from the 2022 crypto credit collapse with stronger risk controls, growing institutional participation and a path toward lower borrowing costs.

(Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Policy

White House to speak with law enforcement groups to push Crypto's Clarity Act

Officials from the White House are said to be sitting down with law enforcement representatives who have objected to illicit-finance portions of the bill.

White House during the day (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Policy

Crypto analytics firm Chainalysis proposes standards for blockchain tracing

The blockchain analysis company published a proposed ontology for how investigators can identify clusters of crypto addresses and link them together.

Chainalysis (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

FundBank becomes IRACE Digital in bid to bridge traditional finance and crypto

The institutional banking provider is expanding into digital asset custody, liquidity and execution services as former Zodia Custody Ireland CEO John Cronin takes the helm.

John Cronin and the IRACE Digital Bank team

Policy

CZ wants to make the U.S. the 'capital of crypto': State of Crypto

The Binance founder shared his views on a variety of topics in an exclusive interview with CoinDesk earlier this month.

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Policy

Binance founder CZ blames crypto's sour 2026 on mix of AI, global tension, 4-year cycle

There is no single cause for the crypto market's 50% decline over the past year, the Binance founder told CoinDesk.

Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Policy

Post-prison CZ says time behind bars didn't hurt the billionaire's business after Binance

The pardoned ex-CEO called prison a character-building "plus" as he's pursued a venture-capital career, despite his majority stake in the world's biggest crypto exchange.

Former Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (CoinDesk)

Policy

CZ, Binance founder, wants to clear up 'misunderstandings' about who he is

The former CEO of the world's largest crypto exchange is seeking to redefine himself to the world on his own terms.

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