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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Israeli Lawmakers Support Axing Crypto Capital Gains Tax for Foreigners

A bill exempting foreign residents from capital gains taxes on crypto sales, and lowering tax on stock-options-like crypto options for employees has passed a preliminary reading in the Knesset.

Israel's parliament. (Rafael Nir/Unsplash)

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Court Orders Kraken to Turn Over History Transaction and Account Information to IRS

The IRS first filed a court petition in February.

Consensus 2018 Sponsor branding kraken (CoinDesk)

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Coinbase Will Be Surveillance Partner for Fidelity, Other Bitcoin ETFs, Refiled Applications Say

The SEC told Cboe it needed to name its partner earlier Friday.

Photo of the SEC logo on a building wall

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The Crypto Industry’s New Favorite Punching Bag – Prometheum – Asks for a Chance

Its SEC-praising co-CEO insists he’s pro-crypto and just needs a little time to prove his company can trade digital assets, even if the token issuers would rather it didn’t.

Prometheum founder and co-CEO Aaron Kaplan went on CoinDesk TV to discuss is Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker-dealer license approval. (CoinDesk)

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Prime Trust Is Having a Bad Month

The crypto custodian has been ordered to halt operations while its regulator looks to take it over.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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SEC Has No Jurisdiction Over Cryptos on Coinbase, Exchange Says in Lawsuit Response

Coinbase filed an answer to the SEC's lawsuit early Thursday, arguing the regulator violated its due process and is reaching beyond its jurisdiction.

Brian Armstrong Chief Executive Officer CEO & Co-Founder of Coinbase speaks at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk)

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UK Needs Bespoke Legal Framework for Using Crypto as Collateral: Law Commission

The Commission, funded by the Ministry of Justice, also pushed for legislation to treat crypto as a new type of property in its latest set of recommendations.

The U.K. Law Commission wants crypto and NFTs to be treated as personal property. (Reinaldo Sture/Unsplash)

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Nevada Files to Place Crypto Custodian Prime Trust Into Receivership

Nevada's Financial Institutions Division previously indicated that Prime Trust had a massive deficit on its books.

Prime Trust Consensus Booth (Prime Trust)

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Judge Rejects FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried's Motions to Dismiss Criminal Charges

The judge had already denied some of the motions.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

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Federal Judge Permanently Bars MetaBirkins NFT Maker From Selling Birkin-Based Collectibles

The judge’s order comes several months after a jury found the NFT collection’s maker infringed on Hermes’ intellectual property.

(MetaBirkins/Instagram)