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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Sam Bankman-Fried's Defense May Depend on Character and Fact Witnesses

The FTX founder will call six witnesses to kick off his defense, a filing said.

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Sam Bankman-Fried Defense Has 6 Witnesses to Open With: DOJ

The DOJ filing did not name any of the potential defense witnesses, and it's still unclear whether Bankman-Fried himself will testify.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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The Sam Bankman-Fried Trial: One Expert Witness

Bankman-Fried's defense team has revealed its sole proposed expert witness, who’ll try to point out flaws in the DOJ’s presentations.

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Sam Bankman-Fried Proposes Financial Expert as Witness to Rebut DOJ Testimony

The defense intends to call Joseph Pimbley, a financial services expert and consultant, to testify about FTX's and Alameda's financials.

Sam Bankman-Fried outside court in July 2023. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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FTX Creditors' Lawyers Promote Deal Giving Investors 90% of What's Left in SBF's Empire

Lawyers for non-U.S. creditors of FTX are arguing that they've got a great deal in the exchange's bankruptcy, giving those who had funds in FTX.com 90% of the liquidation.

Close up of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried

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All Spot-Bitcoin ETF Applications May be Approved Together, Crypto ETF Expert Predicts

Barton's application expertise comes from a recent history of pulling off two regulatory firsts of sorts.

Analysts differ on bitcoin's ultimate reaction to a spot ETF (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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CipherBlade Founder Says Blockchain Sleuthing Firm 'Hijacked'

Members of the original CipherBlade entity – who no longer control its domain or social platforms – are suing the new ownership.

Rich Sanders. (CipherBlade)

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Coinbase Poised to Make Final Pitch in Bid to Kill SEC Accusations Quickly

The U.S. crypto exchange is ready to argue the SEC's claims about unregistered securities are missing evidence of actual contracts.

Coinbase is accusing Chair Gary Gensler's U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of improper procedure in its handling of crypto oversight. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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The Sam Bankman-Fried Trial: It’s the Courthouse Life for Us

To get a courtroom seat, you gotta show up early: at least 7:30 a.m. The overflow room is more relaxed, but there’s no Sam, just his televised image.

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Lawmaker Tom Emmer Throws Hat in Ring for House Speaker Role

The House hasn't had a speaker since the beginning of October, threatening any further advancement of crypto bills sitting before the legislative body.

Congressman Tom Emmer (CoinDesk archives)