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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SEC's Gensler Holds Firm That Existing Laws Make Sense for Crypto

I sat down (virtually) with SEC Chair Gary Gensler last week ahead of a speech on digital assets. Here’s the transcript.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

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US Treasury Explains How Americans Can Recover Crypto Locked in Tornado Cash

The Treasury's sanctions watchdog added Tornado Cash to its blacklist last month.

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Celsius, Creditors Agree to Independent Government Probe, Call for Narrowed Scope

The U.S. Trustee's office called for an independent examiner last month.

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky

Policy

US Government Recovers $30M From Crypto Game Axie Infinity Hack

Hackers stole over $600 million from Axie earlier this year.

Chainalysis CEO Michael Gronager (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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White House Calls for Crypto Mining Standards to Minimize Environmental Impact

The report is the first public response to U.S. President Joe Biden's executive order on crypto, and also called for standards to be set to reduce energy usage.

The White House in Washington D.C. (Tabrez Syed/Unsplash)

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Crypto Engineers, Investors Sue US Treasury Over Tornado Cash Sanctions

The Treasury’s sanctions watchdog, OFAC, exceeded its authority in blacklisting smart contract wallets, six plaintiffs allege in a new suit.

Preston Van Loon, Prysmatic Labs co-founder at Consensus 2022 in Austin, Texas. (Scott Moore/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Doesn't Need More Guidance, SEC Chair Gensler Says

The Securities and Exchange Commission chief said the regulatory agency’s existing rules provide a clear roadmap for crypto companies, despite what they want.

Gary Gensler, chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Bill Clark-Pool/Getty Images)

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Celsius Crypto Borrowers Call for Bankruptcy Trustee, Oppose US DOJ Move to Appoint Examiner

While a bankruptcy court should appoint an independent examiner to investigate Celsius’ financials, the examiner should not work for the U.S. Trustee’s office, a group of Celsius borrowers said.

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Policy

A Stablecoin Law May Not Happen This Year

It’s looking less likely that we’ll get stablecoin legislation in the U.S. this year.

(Thomas Winz/Getty Images)

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Celsius Resembled Ponzi Scheme at Times, Vermont Regulator Says

"... [A]t least at some points in time, yields to existing investors were probably being paid with the assets of new investors."

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky (CoinDesk archives)