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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Tech

Ethereum’s ‘Glamsterdam’ upgrade aims to fix MEV fairness

The full scope of Glamsterdam has not yet been finalized, but developers are targeting it to go live in 2026.

Amsterdam buildings (Unsplash/  Azhar J)

Policy

Crypto's closest ally in Congress, Sen. Lummis, is retiring next year

The most tireless advocate of digital assets issues in the U.S. Senate said she's grown too tired to keep at it, leaving her Republican seat in play next year.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

SBF's cohorts at FTX take last SEC hit, Ellison banned from company roles for decade

Three of Sam Bankman-Fried's top lieutenants atop the former FTX empire — Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang and Nishad Singh — agreed to consent judgments.

Caroline Ellison exits a Manhattan courthouse after being sentenced to two years in prison on Sept. 24, 2024. (Victor Chen/CoinDesk)

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Policy

Federal Reserve moves toward narrower, crypto-driven take on master accounts

The U.S. central bank has been mulling the idea of a "skinny" version of master accounts for firms that want payments access without the deeper Fed demands.

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller at DC Fintech Week (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Most Influential 2025's Honorable Mentions

The crypto industry is ever-growing and ever-changing. It would be difficult to summarize it in 50 names. Here are a few final individuals and entities we wanted to make note of this year.

The Honorable Mentions

Policy

Senate confirms Trump crypto-friendly nominees to take over CFTC, FDIC

In a package of confirmations, the U.S. Senate approved Mike Selig to lead the CFTC and Travis Hill to run the FDIC, both with major potential reach into crypto.

Mike Selig, nominee to be chairman of the CFTC (Senate Agriculture Committee)

Markets

WhiteFiber signs 10-year, 40 MW colocation deal with Nscale valued at about $865 million

The firm's Enovum unit will deliver 40 megawatts of critical IT load in two phases at a campus in Madison, North Carolina, under a 10-year agreement.

Bitcoin miners are attractive partners to build AI data centers: Bernstein. (Shutterstock)

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News Analysis

What if crypto's U.S. market structure effort just never gets there?

Guessing the direction of Congress is akin to long-range weather prediction, with so many variables in play, and the industry's fate depends on a break in the storm.

U.S. Congress (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Filecoin price falls 1% after earlier strength, underperforms wider crypto markets

The storage token hit an intraday high of $1.26 before selling off sharply to trade down on the day.

Filecoin Price Breaks $1.20 Resistance with 4% Surge Amid Strong Buying