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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Markets

Polymarket bets on U.S. marketing blitz to win back trust after 4-year ban: Report

The prediction market's head of U.S. operations says the business is taking steps to legitimize itself after years of legal scrutiny.

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Live markets: Bitcoin drops to $62,000, stocks slide, oil soars as Iran ceasefire collapses

Hedge funds have turned the most bearish on the yen since 2007, boosting bets on further losses to nearly 138,000 contracts as of June 30.

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BlackRock-backed Securitize slides 40% after SPAC debut despite tokenization boom

The decline fits into a pattern of recently-public digital asset companies sliding after debut, Arca's Jeff Dorman said.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo at ETHConf 2026 (Margaux Nijkerk/ CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. SEC to propose crypto rule as soon as this month to ease startups, fundraising

A newly updated agenda from the securities regulator shows so-called Reg Crypto high on its near-term list.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Policy

Bitcoin's U.S. reserve still a work-in-progress as federal agencies hash it out

The White House says it's still evaluating the "best structure" for the federal fund to hold bitcoin as a long-term reserve and a separate stockpile of other crypto assets.

The latest crypto poll seeks to make the case that some voters have single-issue love for crypto as the race for the White House and Congress near an end. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Securitize eyes acquisitions with $400 million war chest after going public, CEO says

Following its NYSE debut, Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo said the firm wants to expand its institutional tokenization platform rather than buy competitors.

Securitize's Carlos Domingo (CoinDesk)

Policy

Clarity and Congress's summer break: State of Crypto

All parties are still optimistic that Clarity can happen before the midterms, but time is really starting to run out.

U.S. Capitol, the seat of Congress in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

News Analysis

Kalshi and prediction market sector embroiled in mixed bag of legal fights across U.S.

Some of the many battles with state gaming regulators aren't going well for the industry at the moment, but it isn't without its would-be government protectors.

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

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How ethical hackers with just a $3,000 server found a flaw that could've put $70 billion in crypto at risk

A critical flaw in the Aptos blockchain, which was patched, gave researchers a near-90% success rate at breaking a core security guarantee, with attack costs of just hundreds of dollars.

Hacker facing screens with lines of code (Boitumelo/Unsplash)

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Binance says MiCA should be judged by who it licenses, not who it excludes

Europe head Gillian Lynch said Binance met Greece's licensing requirements and that the company remains committed to the EU, despite withdrawing its MiCA application days before the July 1 deadline.

Binance Head of Europe Gillian Lynch. (Binance/Media)