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

Donald Trump Jr. Says Getting ‘Debanked, De-Insured, De-Everything’ Orange-Pilled Him

The eldest son of U.S. President Donald Trump said his family’s interest in crypto was, at least at first, “a product of necessity.”

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Policy

Sen. Lummis on Push for Stablecoin Bill: ‘I Had No Idea How Hard This Was Going to Be’

The Wyoming Republican said she’s concerned the Senate Banking Committee has lost the “muscle memory” needed to actually legislate.

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Markets

Steak n’ Shake COO Says Bitcoin Payments Cut Processing Fees in Half

The American fast-food chain started accepting bitcoin payments earlier this month. Next step: robo taxies, cyber chefs, and drones.

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Markets

MARA’s Fred Thiel Says U.S. Should Start Mining Bitcoin to Fill Strategic Reserve

“I think it’s critical, the U.S. making a statement that we’re going to have a strategic reserve is an empty statement unless you start putting stuff into it," he said.

MARA Holdings CEO Fred Thiel, at the Bitcoin conference in Miami (CoinDesk)

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Policy

In Final Days of Senate Stablecoin Debate, Trump's Crypto Ties to Remain in Spotlight

Though the U.S. stablecoin bill is widely expected to clear its biggest hurdle soon, Trump's crypto interests will be targeted with an attempted amendment.

 and Elizabeth Warren have pitted themselves against Donald Trump's crypto relationship. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

'Major Wake-Up Call': How $400M Coinbase Breach Exposes Crypto's Dark Side

Coinbase said 69,461 customers were initially impacted by the breach, but fears remain over the threat of real-world robberies.

Under a low-light red lamp, a pair of hands types on a keyboard. (Wesley Tingey/Unsplash+)

Policy

Democrats Threaten Lawsuits, Join Protests Ahead of Trump Memecoin Dinner

Democratic lawmakers went through a flurry of actions to highlight concerns that Donald Trump's memecoin dinner is "corrupt."

Donald Trump (Tom Brenner For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Policy

Trump's Memecoin Dinner Draws Crowded Cast of Democratic Protesters from Congress

While Justin Sun and other crypto names attend the president's crypto feast that Democrats labeled corrupt, one lawmaker is targeting Trump with a new bill.

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Bitcoin Mining Startup Sangha Sees $42M Revenue as It Breaks Ground on West Texas Pilot Project

The firm expects its 19.9 MW bitcoin mine to be running by the end of July.

The Sangha Renewables team (Credit: Sangha)

Policy

SEC Charges Unicoin, Top Executives With $100M ‘Massive Securities Fraud’

Unicoin’s CEO announced last month that he’d rejected the SEC’s offer to negotiate a settlement.

Unicoin CEO Alex Konanykhin (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)