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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Finance

USDT Issuer Tether Acquires Stake in Football Club Juventus

The stablecoin issuer's investment arm said it is acquiring a minority stake in the Italian club.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Bitfinex)

Policy

HashFlare Co-Founders Plead Guilty in $577M Crypto Mining Ponzi Scheme

Estonian nationals Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin each face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

Bitcoin mining machines in a former steel mill in the midwest.

Tech

How a Sitting President Became Crypto's Most Sought-After Investor

Blockchain founders like MOVE's Rushi Manche are clamoring for a spot in the president's crypto portfolio, hoping it will boost their token price.

Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Markets

Circle's USDC Hits Record Market Cap Over $56B as Stablecoin Demand Soars

USDC and USDT minting accelerated in the past weeks, providing a bullish signal for crypto markets despite declining token prices.

USDC market capitalization (CoinDesk Data)

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Policy

SEC’s Peirce Says ‘Many’ Memecoins Likely Fall Outside Regulator’s Jurisdiction

Peirce is spearheading the SEC’s newly-created Crypto Task Force.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce.

Policy

Trump Has Made His Major Decisions on His Crypto Regulation Team, Now Also OCC

With picks at the banking agency and consumer watchdog, the field of major nominees is mostly complete, showing a deep roster of finance and federal know-how.

President Donald Trump (Getty Images)

Policy

Crypto Industry Gets Chance to Make Its Case to U.S. Congress

In a hearing with the loaded title "A Golden Age of Digital Assets," the sector was — for the first time — mostly treated as a welcome arrival to U.S. finance.

U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Solana ETF Applications Reach Next Stage in SEC Review

The regulator could reach a decision at the end of a 21 day comment period.

Canary Capital founder and CEO Steve McClurg (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Fed's Powell Says He's Also Worried About Debanking That Strained U.S. Crypto

As crypto firms and their new government allies rail against U.S. regulators for chasing them out of banking, Powell says such tales are a worry he'll address.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)