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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Markets

Sen. Portman Announces Support for Narrowed Crypto Tax Rule

Sen. Rob Portman is believed to have authored the original crypto tax reporting provision with support from the Biden administration.

U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

Markets

Crypto Tax Exemptions Floated for $1T US Senate Bill

The carve-out would allow for miners, developers and node operators to be exempt from broker tax reporting purposes.

Sen. Cynthia Lummis helped draft an amendment to a controversial tax provision in the infrastructure bill.

Markets

SEC Chairman Gensler Agrees With Predecessor: 'Every ICO Is a Security'

Gensler said he believes crypto trading platforms might already have securities listed.

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler

Policy

State of Crypto: Infrastructure Bill Shows Congress Sees Crypto as Here to Stay

Congress's infrastructure bill may not be great for the U.S. crypto sector, but that there's a tax provision at all shows lawmakers recognize the industry's permanence.

Bitcoin analysts aren't too worried at the moment about Washington's plan for extra crypto taxes.

Policy

How Controversial Crypto Tax Found Its Way Into US Infrastructure Bill

The crypto provision in the U.S. infrastructure bill was one of a handful of issues that nearly delayed the entire package.

The infrastructure bill includes a controversial crypto tax provision that might expand the definition of "broker" beyond trading platforms to miners or developers.

Markets

Updated US Infrastructure Bill Narrows Crypto Reporting Requirement

An updated draft of a controversial crypto reporting requirement clarifies that brokers "effectuate" transfers of digital assets, but stops short of explicitly excluding miners or other parties that don't provide customer transactions.

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators drafted an infrastructure bill to be paid for, in part, by broader crypto tax reporting standards.

Markets

Kentucky Orders BlockFi to Stop Signing Up New Interest Accounts

Kentucky is the fifth state to allege BlockFi Interest Accounts are securities.

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Policy

New Infrastructure Bill Looks to Raise $30B Through Crypto Taxes

The draft language could mean a number of individuals interacting with crypto may have to start reporting their transactions.

Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), one of the lead negotiators on the bipartisan Senate infrastructure deal.

Policy

State of Crypto: Congress Is Holding 3 Hearings Today, Here's What to Expect

Congress is holding three simultaneous hearings around cryptocurrencies today – and they're all on different types of use cases.

Congress is holding so many hearings that touch on crypto today.

Markets

Uniswap Labs Limits Access to Some Tokens

The software development studio cited an "evolving regulatory landscape" in making its decision.

DeFiance Capital's Arthur Cheong is raising a new liquid venture capital fund.