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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Policy

Celsius Token Holders Lose Bid to Hike CEL Valuation

Some creditors of the bankrupt crypto lender argue it should be valued at a higher $0.80, the nominal price when the company collapsed, despite allegations of market manipulation

Celsius is being sold to crypto consortium Fahrenheit (Pixabay)

Policy

U.S. Crypto Tax Proposal Lets Miners Off the Hook, Snares ‘Some’ Decentralized Exchanges

The IRS is finally proposing rules for crypto tax reporting, giving the industry its own 1099 form and declaring digital asset miners safe from the future requirements.

U.S. Treasury Building (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Given Green Light for Unlimited Prison Visits

The FTX founder's lawyers will visit him in prison to prepare their defense after a judge denied Bankman-Fried’s request to have daily meetings at his lawyers’ Manhattan office.

(Elizabeth Napolitano / CoinDesk)

Policy

FTX Bankruptcy Burning Through $1.5M in Legal Costs Every Day

Creditors are lamenting the rapid drain of cash from the global exchange’s bankruptcy as the process stretches over more months.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Hacked Crypto Exchange Cypher Plans to Hold Public Token Sale

The sale will be uncommonly tilted toward the public.

A frontend developer for Cypher at mtnDAO. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Tornado Cash Devs Charged With Helping Hackers Launder $1B, Including Infamous North Korean Attacks

Both Roman Semenov and Roman Storm were charged; Storm was arrested.

Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Semenov (Roman Semenov)

Policy

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Intends to Blame Fenwick & West Lawyers in His Defense

Sam Bankman-Fried appeared in court Tuesday to plead not guilty to latest indictment.

Sam Bankman-Fried, middle, walks into court on Aug. 11, 2023. (Victor Chen/CoinDesk)

Policy

Ex-OpenSea Executive Nate Chastain Gets 3 Months in Prison for Insider Trading

Chastain was found guilty on charges of buying and selling NFTs from collections he knew would later be featured on his former company’s home page.

Nate Chastain Twitter (CoinDesk screenshot)

Policy

Privacy Mixer Tornado Cash Is an Entity, Judge Says

We have yet another court ruling finding a decentralized autonomous organization is an association.

(iamthedave/Unsplash)

Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried Pleads Not Guilty to Latest Indictment

Bankman-Fried's attorney later deplored Bankman-Fried's lack of vegan options in prison, saying he was "subsisting on a diet of bread and water" during the hearing.

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