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

Acting SEC Chair Uyeda Names 3 Appointees to Agency’s New Crypto Task Force

Landon Zinda, former policy director for crypto think tank Coin Center, is the task force’s new senior advisor.

Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Trump's Crypto Czar Sacks Says 'Golden Age' Coming

David Sacks and the leaders of the congressional committees that will handle crypto legislation outlined their plans at a press conference.

Sen. John Boozman, David Sacks, Sen. Tim Scott and Rep. French Hill (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

News Analysis

U.S. Bitcoin Reserve May Be Coming, But States Are Winning the Race

Millions of Americans may soon find out they're crypto investors when their states leap into the markets even before the feds figure out what to do.

Utah

Policy

U.S. Prosecutors Charge Canadian Man With $65M Hacks of Indexed Finance, KyberSwap

Andean “Andy” Medjedovic, 22, has been on the run from authorities since 2021.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York via CoinDesk archives

Policy

Coinbase Secures Spot on UK Crypto Register

The exchange can now offer crypto services to clients in the country.

Coinbase CEO, Brian Armstrong, at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk)

Markets

SEC Approves Bitwise Spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF

The fund gives investors exposure feature exposure to both spot bitcoin and ether, weighted by market capitalization.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan

Markets

Coinbase Files Paperwork To List Solana, Hedera Futures

Coinbase is looking to list the futures as soon as Feb. 18, it said in the filing.

Coinbase app on a mobile phone screen.

Policy

Pump.Fun Hit With Proposed Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Securities Violations

The suit alleges that Pump.fun has made nearly $500 million in fees from helping users generate memecoins.

Pump.fun logo

Markets

Tesla Marked Up Bitcoin Holdings Valuation in Q4, Booking a $600M Gain

New FASB rules allow for corporate bitcoin owners to mark those assets to market.

Elon Musk (Daniel Oberhaus/Flickr)

Finance

Robinhood CEO Warns Lack of U.S. Regulation Stifles Security Tokenization Efforts

Vlad Tenev joined BlackRock CEO Larry Fink in calling for clear regulations for tokenized securities in the U.S.

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