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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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)

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Trump Names SEC Crypto Task Force Head Selig as Next Nominee to Run U.S. CFTC

If confirmed, current SEC official Mike Selig would take over the U.S. commodities watchdog as it's poised to be given wide authority over crypto.

Mike Selig (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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State of Crypto: Skinny Master Accounts and Stablecoins

Fed. Governor Waller's proposal could boost stablecoin firms in the U.S.

Fed rate cut looms. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Tether Eyes Fresh Investments to Push USAT Stablecoin to 100M Americans at December Launch

Tether plans to launch its U.S.-compliant stablecoin USAT in December, aiming for mass reach in the creator economy, CEO Paolo Ardoino said in a CoinDesk interview.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino at White House

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Polymarket Will Launch Token and Airdrop After U.S. Relaunch, CMO Says

"There will be a token, there will be an airdrop," CMO said as the platform nears an official U.S. return via a regulated exchange.

Polymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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Swiss Bank Sygnum to Launch Bitcoin-Backed Loan Platform With Multi-Sig Wallet Control

The offering, developed with non-custodial BTC lending startup Debifi, targets institutions and high-net worth borrowers who don't want to give up control of their assets.

Swiss flag in alpine landscape, symbolizing Sygnum’s Swiss roots (Janosch Diggelmann/Unsplash)

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Institutions Drive CME Crypto Options to $9B as ETH, SOL, XRP Set Records

Open interest across CME’s regulated markets jumped 27% since Oct. 10, signaling growing conviction among large traders.

(Cheng Xin/Getty Images)

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Binance's CZ Wins Pardon From U.S. President Donald Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao months after he said he'd asked for a pardon.

Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Fireblocks Acquires Dynamic to Expand On-Chain Developer Stack

The deal unites Fireblocks’ institutional custody infrastructure with Dynamic’s consumer wallet and onboarding tech to create an end-to-end onchain platform, it said.

Left to right: Fireblocks co-founders Pavel Berengoltz, Michael Shaulov and Idan Ofrat. (Fireblocks)

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Canaan’s Turnaround Gains Steam as Benchmark Doubles Price Target to $4

With Nasdaq compliance restored and momentum building in its Avalon mining rigs and self-mining operations, the broker sees renewed upside for Canaan’s shares.

Racks of mining machines.