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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Policy

CFTC Should Oversee Crypto Spot Markets, Chief Reiterates Before Congress

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam also asked Congress to provide his agency with an additional $100 million so it can properly oversee crypto markets.

Rostin Behnam, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

US Officials Seize $3.6B in Bitcoin From 2016 Bitfinex Hack

Nearly 120,000 BTC was stolen in the hack.

(Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

LIVE BLOG: The House Talks Stablecoins

Join CoinDesk reporters as they cover today's hearing live.

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Policy

Stablecoin Regulation Takes Center Stage at House Hearing Today

The House Financial Services Committee is meeting to discuss stablecoin regulation today. Here's what we can expect.

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Policy

US Treasury Department Warns of NFT Risk in Art-Related Money Laundering

High-value art is particularly vulnerable to money laundering. The rapid growth of the NFT market presents new issues, according to a new study.

(Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

Boston Fed, MIT Publish Open-Source CBDC Software

The white paper caps off nearly two years of research.

Boston skyline (todd kent/Unsplash)

Policy

Diem May Be Gone, but Its Legacy Lives On

It's still not yet time to lay this much plagued stablecoin project to rest.

(Scott Rodgerson/Unsplash)

Finance

Tom Brady Retires to Focus on Family, NFT Startup

The legendary quarterback retires after a 22-year career in the NFL, with seven Super Bowl rings and a startup, Autograph, that just raised $170 million.

Quarterback Tom Brady, seen here during his time with the New England Patriots, retired from professional football on Tuesday. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Finance

Anchorage Closes In on FDIC Crypto Custodian Deal, Documents Show

The three-year deal would have Anchorage act as a crypto asset manager and liquidator for the U.S. bank regulator.

An FDIC sticker on the door of a Chase Bank branch in New York (Ben Schiller/CoinDesk)

Finance

Diem Confirms Shutdown as Silvergate Acquires the Project's Assets

Facebook (now Meta) is officially winding down the stablecoin project it announced in June 2019.

(Nick Otto/Bloomberg via Getty Images)