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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Facebook's Cryptocurrency Will Face 'Regulatory Hurricane,' Canaccord Analysts Say

Facebook's Libra coin will face a regulatory "hurricane," warn otherwise-bullish analysts at investment bank Canaccord.

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Halt Libra? US Lawmakers Call for Hearings on Facebook's Crypto

House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters asked Facebook to halt development of its Libra crypto until hearings can be held.

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Facebook Has Yet to Answer US Lawmakers' Questions About Libra Crypto

Facebook is still working on its responses to the U.S. Senate Banking Committee's questions about the Libra coin.

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Facebook Unveils Libra Cryptocurrency, Targeting 1.7 Billion Unbanked

Facebook's newly unveiled Libra blockchain is tackling remittances at first, but it could have a much broader impact.

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Ripple Could Invest Up to $50 Million in MoneyGram in XRP Boosting Deal

Money transfer giant MoneyGram will use Ripple's xRapid and the XRP cryptocurrency to settle cross-border transactions as part of a new partnership.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse

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Stonewalled by FINRA, Up to 40 Crypto Securities Wait in Limbo for Launch

Wall Street watchdog FINRA has sat for as long as 12 months on roughly 40 broker-dealer applications by blockchain startups.

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Crypto Exchange Binance.com to Block US Customers from Trading

Binance will bar deposits and trading by users in certain jurisdictions and those found to violate the exchange's terms of use.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao

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Report: Uber, PayPal, Visa to Back Facebook's GlobalCoin Cryptocurrency

Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and Uber are all backing Facebook's new cryptocurrency, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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Binance Says It's Launching a US Exchange With FinCEN-Registered Partner

Binance says it's plotting an expansion to the U.S. and working with a partner that's registered with FinCEN.

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Bakkt Reveals Bitcoin Futures Contract Details Ahead of July Test Date

Bakkt will begin user testing of its bitcoin futures contracts on July 22, revealing new contract specifications on Thursday.

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