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

US SEC Closes Investigation Into Robinhood's Crypto Business

On Feb 21. the SEC’s Enforcement Division said it had concluded its investigation, Robinhood said in a statement.

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Policy

Germany's Centre Right Alliance Secures Most Seats in EU Nation's Election

Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU secured 28.52% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) secured 20.8% of the vote.

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Markets

Ether Supply Squeeze? Bybit Hacker Emerges as World's 14th-Largest ETH Holder

Ether trades 2% higher as the hacked ETH is seen as a permanently lost supply.

Bybit lost roughly $1.5 billion in crypto to a theft Friday. (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Policy

U.S. Marshals Service Can't Say How Much Crypto It Holds, Complicating Bitcoin Reserve Plan

The agency has been plagued with procedural and organizational issues for years.

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Markets

SEC Dropping Coinbase Case Could Boost Robinhood Stock, Tokens Alleged as Securities

More tokens could be added to exchanges, increasing their trading revenue. This might also open the floodgates to crypto firms' IPOs in the U.S.

Robinhood shares could benefit from SEC dropping Coinbase case. (Shutterstock)

Policy

SEC Poised to Drop Coinbase Lawsuit, Marking Big Moment for U.S. Crypto

The company says the commission will vote on a deal negotiated by staff to abandon the enforcement case at the core of the agency's previous crypto stance.

Brian Armstrong Chief Executive Officer CEO & Co-Founder of Coinbase speaks at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk)

Tech

Ye, Self-Proclaimed 'Nazi' Who Said 'Coins Prey on Fans,' Plans YZY Token

Seventy percent of YZY tokens will go to Ye (a.k.a. Kanye West), personally.

Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, is planning to launch a token. (Edward Berthelot/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Deribit Still in Talks to Be Acquired by Kraken: Source

A second source said U.S.-listed exchange Coinbase has also been kicking the tires of Deribit.

Deribit CEO Luuk Strijers (Extreme right) at Consensus Hong Kong (CoinDesk)

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Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

MANTRA Launches Program for Real-World Asset Startups With Google Cloud Support

The program aims to drive innovation in tokenized real-world assets as blockchain adoption accelerates.

John Patrick Mullin, CEO & Co-Founder of MANTRA, and Richard Widmann, Global Head of Crypto Strategy at Google Cloud, speak at Consensus Hong Kong 2025 by CoinDesk. (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Markets

Founder of Trump's World Liberty Financial Credits Justin Sun for Project's Success

Folkman claims WLFI's success came despite "no VC backing and no special treatment to anybody who purchased the token."

Justin Sun of TRON and Zak Folkman of World Liberty Financial speak at Consensus Hong Kong 2025 by CoinDesk (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)