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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Senate Dems Slam DOJ’s Decision to Axe Crypto Unit as a ‘Free Pass’ For Criminals

In a letter to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday, the six lawmakers urged him to reconsider his recent decision to disband the DOJ’s crypto enforcement squad.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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President Trump Signs Resolution Erasing IRS Crypto Rule Targeting DeFi

The successful reversal of the Internal Revenue Service rule marks the first time the industry got a significant pro-crypto effort through Congress.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Helium Issuer Nova Labs Agrees to Pay SEC $200K to Settle Allegations It Lied to Investors

As part of the settlement agreement, the SEC agreed to drop its claims that three of Nova Labs’ tokens, including the native HNT token, were securities.

A blue balloon (Getty Images/Fernando Trabanco Fotografia)

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New SEC Staff Statement Urges Detailed Crypto Token Disclosures

The SEC staff statement was based on observations about previous disclosures, the agency said.

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DOJ Crypto Enforcement Memo Has No Bearing on Do Kwon’s Criminal Case, Prosecutors Say

Prosecutors told a New York judge on Thursday that they don’t plan to change the charges against Kwon in light of the memo.

Terraform Labs co-founder and former CEO Do Kwon is escorted by police in Montenegro in 2024 (Photo by Filip Filipovic/Getty Images)

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Crypto Market Maker Portofino Technologies CFO Mark Blackborough Left the Business

The Swiss company's former CFO was based in London, and joined the crypto trading firm last September.

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Block Agrees to $40M Settlement With New York Over Faulty Money-Laundering Controls

The payments and blockchain firm has agreed to an outside monitor as it resolves its compliance with New York regulations.

Block founder Jack Dorsey

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Atkins Confirmed by U.S. Senate to Take Over SEC Formerly Run by Gensler

Former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins will be sworn in as the agency's next chair and will oversee future regulation for the crypto sector.

Paul Atkins has been confirmed by the Senate to take over the Securities and Exchange Commission as chairman. (Senate Banking Committee)

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SEC Approves Trading of Ether ETF Options

The regulator had initially postponed a decision back in February but ETF analyst James Seyffart said the approval wasn’t a surprise.

Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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First Digital Trust Files Defamation Claim Against Justin Sun

First Digital seeks an injunction to restrain Sun from publishing "similar words" to claims about insolvency.

Justin Sun speaks at Consensus Hong Kong (CoinDesk)