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

Crypto Is 'Job One' as U.S. SEC, CFTC Move Into Harmony on Policies: Chairman Atkins

Both agencies are moving forward "in lockstep" on similar efforts to open the policy gates to crypto businesses, which Atkins told reporters is the "top priority."

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

SEC Tells Issuers to Pull 19b-4s; ETFs Could Be Approved ‘Absurdly Fast’

A recent rule change allows exchanges to list crypto ETFs without individual SEC review, streamlining the process, with approval potentially happening any day.

SEC (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

News Analysis

State of Crypto: Shutdown Watch

A U.S. government shutdown won't be as bad for crypto as it might have been in previous years, but it will further delay already-stalled initiatives.

Donald Trump (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Corporate Clients Hold Up to 15% of Assets on Mercado Bitcoin, Exchange Exec Says

These companies are not actively trading, but rather holding onto their bitcoin and stablecoins like USDT and USDC for conservative, cash-management purposes.

Daniel Cunha, Mercado Bitcoin's head of corporate development (Mercado Bitcoin)

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Markets

Abu Dhabi Royal-Backed Fund MGX Buys 15% of TikTok U.S. Business in Major Stake Deal: Report

MGX, which previously bought $2 billion of World Liberty Financial's USD1, and Oracle will control nearly half of TikTok’s U.S. arm as American firms secure majority ownership.

Donald Trump (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Tech

UN: Experiment With Pension Funds Proves Blockchain as 'Ultimate' Identity Tech

The United Nations' pension fund tried blockchain technology to back up a "digital certificate of existence" that vastly improved its old, paper-based system.

United Nations building (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Policy

KuCoin Faces $14M Canadian Action in Registration, Money Laundering Controls Dispute

The exchange is appealing an enforcement action from the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada.

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Finance

Stablecoin Market Could Reach $4 Trillion by 2030, Citi Says in Revised Forecast

Bank tokens may ultimately surpass stablecoins in transaction volume, report said.

Citibank (Citibank)

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Finance

On-Chain Asset Management Is Booming; Here's Where People Are Investing

Assets under management surged 118% in 2025 to $35 billion, and crypto trading firm Keyrock predicts that the sector could nearly double again by 2026.

A trader in front of screens. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried's Sudden 'gm' Lifts FTT Token as FTX Set to Repay $1.6B

Spike in FTT activity coincides with a post from Bankman-Fried’s X account despite prison restrictions, drawing ire from the crypto community.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)