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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Crypto Bank Custodia's Bid for Fed Supervision Rejected Again

The Fed rejected Custodia's first bid last month.

Custodia Bank founder Caitlin Long (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Sam Bankman-Fried Hit With Additional Bank Fraud Charges in New Indictment

The document calls on the former FTX CEO to forfeit hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of assets, which in many cases have already been seized by the U.S. government.

Sam Bankman-Fried leaving court on Feb. 16, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

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NY Attorney General Sues Crypto Exchange CoinEx, Alleges AMP, LBC, LUNA and RLY Tokens Are Securities

The petition alleged that CoinEx listed various tokens and services that qualify as securities and/or commodities under state law.

New York Attorney General Letitia James (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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NBA-Branded 'Top Shot Moments' NFTs May Be Securities, Judge Rules in Dapper Labs Case

"Ultimately, the Court’s conclusion that what Dapper Labs offered was an investment contract under Howey is narrow," the judge wrote.

NBA Top Shot NFTs (Dapper Labs)

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Paxos Is Holding 'Constructive Discussions' With SEC

News of the talks comes a week after Paxos said it received a Wells Notice from the regulator.

Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Custodia Bank Renews Push for Fed 'Master Account' After Rejection

The Federal Reserve and Kansas City Fed rejected Custodia's applications for membership and a master account last month.

Caitlin Long at BTC 22 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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SEC Sues Former NBA Star Paul Pierce Over EthereumMax Promos

The Hall of Famer will pay $1.4 million in penalties and disgorgement to settle charges that he did not disclose payments to promote the token.

Paul Pierce attends the 2022 Harold and Carole Pump Foundation Gala (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

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SEC Sues Terraform Labs, Do Kwon for Misleading Investors on TerraUSD Stablecoin

The collapse of TerraUSD last year led to a wave of bankruptcies in the crypto industry.

Daniel Shin, izquierda, y Do Kwon, cofundadores de Terra. (Terraform Labs)

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Binance Moved Funds From US Affiliate's Silvergate Bank Account in 2021: Reuters

Binance moved $400 million from Binance US's bank account, the report said.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CoinDesk)