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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News Analysis

State of Crypto: What Happens to Crypto if Government Shutdown Lingers

A short-term shutdown probably won't hurt crypto's efforts in D.C. much. A long-lasting one? That's less clear.

U.S. Congress (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Tether Looking to Launch Tokenized Gold Treasury Firm With Antalpha Raising $200M: Report

The report comes after Antalpha, a key lender of mining hardware firm Bitmain, launched lending and infrastructure tools for Tether Gold (XAUT).

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

Markets

LINK Shifts Momentum as Stablecoin Chain Plasma Integrates Chainlink Services

Chainlink will provide oracle, cross-chain and data services to the Plasma network to support stablecoin use cases.

Chainlink (LINK) price (CoinDesk Data)

Markets

AAVE Breaks Resistance as DeFi Market Hits Record $219B Size

The native token of the largest DeFi lending protocol is showing strong momentum despite short-term profit taking above $290.

"AAVE Surges 2% on Institutional Volume Spike, Breaks Key Resistance Amid Consolidation"

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News Analysis

IRS Guidance Limited in Scope but Good News for Crypto Treasury Firms

Digital asset treasury companies won't have to pay taxes on their crypto holdings under new interim guidance.

IRS (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

VanEck Registers Lido Staked Ethereum ETF Trust in Delaware, Eyes SEC Approval

Lido is up more than 3% over the past 24 hours.

(VanEck)

Finance

CleanSpark's Bitcoin Stack Rose to More Than 13K in September

The bitcoin miner produced 629 bitcoin in September, and sold 445 tokens for about $49 million.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

White House Weighing Candidates for Multiple CFTC Spots: Former Chairman Giancarlo

President Donald Trump's administration is reportedly poised to name a nominee to swap in for the earlier pick of former Commissioner Brian Quintenz.

J. Christopher Giancarlo, Former Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Willkie Farr & Gallagher (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Markets

Citi Sees Bitcoin Hitting $181K in 2026 as ETF Flows Drive Crypto Higher

The bank forecasts bitcoin at $133,000 by year-end and $181,000 in 12 months.

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Finance

CME Group to Launch 24/7 Crypto Futures and Options Trading in Early 2026

The move, pending regulatory approval, would align trading on the key institutional derivatives marketplace with the nonstop nature of crypto markets.

CME Group Headquarters (CoinDesk Archives)