Nikhilesh De

23 hours ago | coindesk.com | Nikhilesh De

Canada will host an election next week, where voters will consider a range of issues — the economy, housing, trade relations with the U.S. — as they choose their elected officials, who in turn will choose the next Prime Minister of the country. Story continuesDon't miss another story.Subscribe to the State of Crypto Newsletter today. See all newslettersBy signing up, you will receive emails about CoinDesk products and you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy.

5 days ago | coindesk.com | Nikhilesh De

Earlier this month, the Department of Justice disbanded its National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team and said it would no longer pursue what Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche described as "regulation by prosecution."You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to sign up for future editions.

1 week ago | coindesk.com | Sam Kessler |Nikhilesh De

Share this articleBy Sam Kessler|Edited by Nikhilesh DeUpdated Apr 17, 2025, 4:23 p.m. Published Apr 17, 2025, 4:18 p.m. Former Galaxy, Goldman and JP Morgan executive Richard Kim was arrested this week on charges that he lost close to $7 million, much of it to misappropriation. Kim told CoinDesk last year he gambled away $3.67 million of his investors' funds from his firm Zero Edge. Kim posted a $250,000 bond, according to court documents.

1 week ago | coindesk.com | Sam Kessler |Nikhilesh De

Almost one year to the day after Ethereum protocol EigenLayer launched its “restaking” network to unprecedented industry fanfare, the network is finally adding a core feature that was, until now, glaringly absent: “slashing.”By signing up, you will receive emails about CoinDesk products and you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy.

1 week ago | coindesk.com | Nikhilesh De |Aoyon Ashraf

Share this articleBy Nikhilesh De|Edited by Aoyon Ashraf Apr 16, 2025, 10:05 p.m. Republican state attorneys general asked a judge to pause their ongoing lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its authority to police crypto firms, citing its new leadership. The lawsuit, filed in November, alleged that the SEC was intruding into state regulators' remit.