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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FBI Launches New Crypto Crimes Unit

The National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team will investigate ransomware and other crimes with tools including blockchain analysis.

Deputy AG Lisa Monaco (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

The Bitfinex Laundering Story Continues

Federal officials arrested two and seized $3.6B in BTC tied to the 2016 Bitfinex hack. And everyone's paying attention now.

Heather Morgan, aka Razzlekhan (YouTube, modified by CoinDesk)

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BlockFi Will Pay $100M in Settlement With SEC, State Regulators Over High-Yield Accounts: Report

The company has been under investigation since at least November over the lending product, which offers yields as high as 9.5%.

BlockFi advertisement in Washington D.C.'s Union Station (CoinDesk archives)

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US Treasury Suggests Miners Won’t Be Subject to IRS Reporting Rules

A letter from a Treasury official addresses crypto industry concerns about access to customer information.

(Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Caitlin Long's Wyoming Crypto Bank Takes a Step Toward Fed Membership

It's no guarantee of Fed approval, but Avanti Bank now has a routing number through the American Bankers Association.

Avanti CEO Caitlin Long (CoinDesk archives)

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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)

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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)

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LIVE BLOG: The House Talks Stablecoins

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

(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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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.

(Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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)