Nikhilesh De

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Most Influential: Paul Atkins

Crypto December 18, 2025

Paul S. Atkins leads one of the most consequential financial regulators in Washington, dominating the discourse around crypto and joining his immediate predecessor, Acting Chairman and current CommisοΏ½...

PayPal, issuer of PYUSD, applies for Utah industrial bank license

Crypto December 17, 2025

Payments company PayPal (PYPL) applied for a Utah industrial bank license, it said Monday, with the goal of creating a lending arm called PayPal Bank. The company, which also operates the PYUSD stabοΏ½...

Senate punts crypto market structure bill to next year

Crypto December 16, 2025

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee will not have any markup hearings on market structure legislation defining how federal regulators can oversee the industry until next year, punting on a hoped-for heοΏ½...

Most Influential: Todd Blanche

Crypto December 16, 2025

A four-page memo signed by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to exercise more discretion in prosecuting crypto cases by ceasing any cases that superimοΏ½...

State of Crypto: Policymakers Dominated Most Influential 2025

Crypto December 14, 2025

CoinDesk began presenting its annual Most Influential list this week, recognizing the individuals and groups we believe had the greatest impact on the crypto industry over the past 11+ months. U.S. PοΏ½...

CFTC Gives No-Action Leeway to Polymarket, Gemini, PredictIt, LedgerX Over Data Rules

Crypto December 12, 2025

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued no-action letters to the operators of prediction markets platforms Polymarket, PredictIt, Gemini and LedgerX/MIAX on Thursday, announcing that theοΏ½...

Most Influential: The Lazarus Group

Crypto December 11, 2025

Cryptos most notorious hackers, the Lazarus Group, holds more bitcoin BTC $92,103.06 than Tesla funds it stole, rather than bought. And despite efforts to tamp down on their exploits, the group contοΏ½...

Most Influential: Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss

Crypto December 10, 2025

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is poised to become a primary market regulator for cryptocurrencies and businesses, should legislation pending before Congress become law. And at the begοΏ½...

Most Influential: Brandon and Howard Lutnick

Crypto December 10, 2025

Stablecoin issuer Tether has north of $180 billion in its namesake stablecoin USDT USDT $1.0001 circulating, with comfortable assurances from one of the world's most prominent financial firms that iοΏ½...

CoinDesk's Most Influential 2025

Crypto December 9, 2025

Welcome to CoinDesk's Most Influential 2025. This year, Bitcoin broke an all-time high, reaching $126,000 a few short months ago, Ethereum saw not one but two major network upgrades take effect, SolοΏ½...