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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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)

Policy

AI Fake May Have Scammed Firms for Millions in FTX Claims: Report

Inca Digital has built a case against a shadowy figure cheating trading firms for more than $5 million in claims from the liquidation of the FTX exchange.

Inca Digital theft of FTX claims using AI deep fake

Policy

SEC Asks Court for Coinbase Case Deadline Extension, Citing 'Potential Resolution' Prospects

The SEC filed a motion Friday saying its new crypto task force could help it resolve its ongoing case against Coinbase.

Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto Exchange Bybit Is No Longer Operating Illegally in France

After more than two years of working with the French regulator, Bybit has come off France AMF's blacklist, the CEO of the exchange said.

Bybit CEO Ben Zhou (Danny Nelson/ CoinDesk)

Policy

Reality of XRP ETF Is One Step Closer After SEC Acknowledges Filing

The Securities and Exchanges Commission acknowledged a filing by the New York Stock Exchange and Grayscale for an XRP ETF on Thursday.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse at Korea Blockchain Week. (Parikshit Mishra/CoinDesk)

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)