Nikhilesh De

Nikhilesh De is CoinDesk's managing editor for global policy and regulation, covering regulators, lawmakers and institutions. When he's not reporting on digital assets and policy, he can be found admiring Amtrak or building LEGO trains. He owns < $50 in BTC and < $20 in ETH. He was named the Association of Cryptocurrency Journalists and Researchers' Journalist of the Year in 2020.

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Markets

Trump’s Social Media Company Takes Steps To Launch Bitcoin ETF

The company plans to launch three ETFs later this year, all issued under the Truth.Fi brand.

Donald Trump (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Policy

Trump's CFTC Head Slams Prediction Markets Resistance Under Predecessor

Caroline Pham, the agency's acting chairman, is scheduling an experts roundtable to reset the CFTC's course on this "sinkhole of legal uncertainty."

Caroline Pham, acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Policy

Trump's FDIC Chief Rethinks Crypto Guidance as U.S. Senators Probe Debanking

FDIC Acting Chairman Travis Hill said the agency is overhauling its crypto approach, just as U.S. senators examined regulators keeping banks out of crypto.

Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley testifies in the Senate

Policy

Ransomware Payments Fell 35% in 2024 as More Victims Refuse to Pay: Chainalysis

According to the blockchain analytics firm, less than half of recorded ransomware attacks resulted in victim payments.

Hacker (Getty Images/Seksan Mongkhonkhamsao)

Policy

Regulation By Enforcement Is Out at CFTC, Acting Chair Pham Says

The CFTC’s Division of Enforcement is being reorganized to “refocus” on fraud prevention.

Commissioner Caroline Pham is proposing a crypto regulation pilot program at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Cheyenne Ligon/CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Lays Out 10 Priorities for New Crypto Task Force

Peirce also urged crypto companies to be patient as the agency decides how to “disentangle” itself from litigation initiated under former Chair Gary Gensler.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce.

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