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

Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ Act Would Close Crypto Tax Loophole

The provision adds cryptocurrency transactions to constructive sale rules under the tax code.

U.S. President Joe Biden (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Policy

CFTC Should Be Crypto’s ‘Primary Cop,’ Acting Chairman Says

Rostin Behnam points to enforcement actions the agency has already taken.

Acting CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (left), Fed Chair Jerome Powell and FDIC Chair Jelena McWilliams (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Direxion Files for Short Bitcoin Futures ETF

Investment firms are getting creative after last week’s watershed bitcoin ETF launch.

SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission

Policy

Everyone Wants Crypto Regulations – On Their Terms

The industry is speaking, but lawmakers may not be listening.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

What I Learned About Crypto Regulation From a Week in DC

Crypto has arrived in the capital and concerns about stablecoins are very real. Nikhilesh De, CoinDesk’s managing editor for global policy and regulation, takes stock.

(Andy Feliciotti/Unsplash)

Finance

Cboe Acquires ErisX in Return to Crypto Derivatives Market

ErisX maintains both crypto spot and derivatives trading markets in the U.S.

ErisX CEO Thomas Chippas (left) and Cboe Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Chris Isaacson (CoinDesk archives, Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images, modified by Rob Mitchell for CoinDesk)

Finance

VanEck to Join ProShares in Launching a Bitcoin Futures ETF

The two funds would be the first bitcoin-linked ETFs to begin trading in the U.S., opening the door for a much broader base of investors.

Gabor Gurbacs, director of digital-asset strategy at VanEck

Finance

Facebook’s Novi Taps Paxos, Coinbase Ahead of Diem Rollout

Coinbase will provide custody services, while Paxos is supplying the stablecoin Novi will use.

Facebook's David Marcus (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

US Lawmakers Push Back on Facebook’s Novi Wallet Launch

A group of Democrat senators is taking umbrage with a pilot launch involving Novi and Paxos’ USDP stablecoin.

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) is taking Facebook to task for its Novi pilot. (Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

What to Make of the First Bitcoin Futures ETF Launch

We got the bitcoin futures ETF. Is this the real thing?

Gary Gensler looms large. (Melissa Lyttle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)