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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Beleid

Leading Democrat Wyden Continues Probe Into Pantera Founder Morehead's Taxes

Sen. Ron Wyden, who leads Democrats on the Senate's tax committee, said he is investigating whether Dan Morehead misstated his taxes from crypto capital gains.

Sen. Ron Wyden, who heads the Committee on Finance, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Financiën

Sui Blockchain to Host Native Stablecoins Backed by Ethena and BlackRock's Tokenized Fund

Digital asset treasury firm SUIG, the Sui Foundation and Ethena teamed up to create two proprietary stablecoins for the network.

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Markten

When Could Bitcoin Break Out to New Highs? Watch Out for Gold

The tape shows a relay between gold and bitcoin: when the metal runs, BTC rests; and when gold stalls, BTC tends to go.

Close-up of stacked gold bars. (Jingming Pan/Unsplash)

Beleid

Trump Makes Travis Hill Pick Official as Choice to Run FDIC

Travis Hill has already been leading the FDIC, but President Donald Trump's nomination puts him up for the banking regulator's chairmanship.

Incoming FDIC chairman Travis Hill

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Beleid

U.S. Senate Hearing on Crypto Taxes Reveals Headaches for Both Industry and IRS

A top Coinbase tax executive suggested the IRS isn't ready for the flood of tax reporting about to come in, even as many crypto rules still need to be written.

IRS (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markten

Bullish Launches U.S. Spot Crypto Trading Following NYDFS Approval

Now live in 20 states, Bullish expands into U.S. markets as institutional appetite for crypto strengthens.

Crypto exchange Bullish goes public on the New York Stock Exchange. (Aoyon Ashraf/Modified by CoinDesk))

Markten

Legacy Users ‘Not Forgotten’ as OpenSea Balances Newcomers, OGs Ahead of Token Launch: CMO Hollander

In an interview with CoinDesk, OpenSea’s Adam Hollander shares about the platform's revamp plans.

OpenSea platform (OpenSea)

Financiën

SBI Crypto Reportedly Hit by $21M Hack With Suspected DPRK Links

SBI Crypto, a subsidiary of Japan’s SBI Group, has reportedly suffered a $21 million exploit with blockchain sleuths pointing to possible ties with North Korean hackers.

Lazarus Group, a cybercrime organization run by the North Korean government, may have links to this week's exploit of Euler Finance. (Micha Brandli/Unsplash)

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Technologie

The Protocol: Solana’s Firedancer Proposes Uncapping Block Compute-Unit Limit

Also: Denials of Bitcoin Hard Fork, UN Experiments With Blockchain, and Gate Rolls Out Token Launcher.

Solana (SOL) Logo

Financiën

Aleo and Paxos Labs Launch Privacy-Focused Dollar Stablecoin Aimed at Institutions

The USAD token encrypts transaction data end-to-end, aiming to enable private, programmable digital dollars.

Paxos Labs co-founder Bhau Kotecha (Paxos Labs)