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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A16z Leads Investors in $20 Million Token Presale for Crypto Assets Platform

TrustToken, which aims to put tokenized assets on a blockchain, raised $20 million in a strategic token sale with help from Andreessen Horowitz.

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Halt the Internet? BIS Report Critiques Blockchain and DLT Claims

The Bank of International Settlements harshly reviewed the idea of cryptocurrencies, though it was more accepting of the idea of distributed ledgers.

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Chip Maker Nvidia Adds Blockchain-AI Startup to Incubator

Nvidia is supporting a blockchain startup as part of its Inception Program, which seeks to support artificial intelligence development.

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SEC Official Pushes Back on Claims Ether Is a Security

SEC official William Hinman said the regulatory agency is not classifying ethereum as a security.

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Final Frontier? William Shatner Boldly Goes into Bitcoin Mining

Star Trek actor William Shatner is now representing Solar Alliance in its move to build a solar-powered bitcoin mining facility in Illinois.

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Coinbase's New Index Fund for Investors Is Now Live

Coinbase formally launched its Index Fund on Wednesday. The new product allows investors to invest in every asset listed on the exchange.

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Coinbase, Ripple Blast Company Creating Tokens in Their Name

Coinbase and Ripple are pushing back against the equity tokens the Swarm fund announced Wednesday.

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Tether Manipulation Pushed Up Bitcoin's Price, Researchers Find

A new study by the University of Texas at Austin claims that the Tether stablecoin is used to increase bitcoin's price during market downswings.

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Polychain, Outlier Ventures Back Blockchain Startup's Plan for Web 3.0

Haja Networks aims to create a new set of database protocols which will help build an infrastructure for the Web 3.0.

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Another Investor Lawsuit Claims XRP Is a Security

A new lawsuit claims XRP is a security controlled by Ripple.

U.S. District Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein said there is "no binding precedent" for SEC vs. Kik case. Credit: Shuttershock