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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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)

Policy

The Unhosted Crypto Wallet Rule Is Back

The rule was first proposed by a U.S. money-laundering watchdog FinCEN in late 2020.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

House Bill Could Let Treasury Secretary Block International Crypto Transactions

A provision in the America COMPETES Act would give the Treasury secretary the power to block U.S. firms from interacting with some crypto transactions or exchanges, if it becomes law.

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) introduced a provision allowing the Treasury Secretary to block certain financial transactions to a bill aimed at spurring competition with China. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

New York State Senate Confirms New Top Financial Regulator

Adrienne Harris has run NYDFS on an acting basis since her nomination.

New York has a new top cop to oversee Wall Street. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Policy

What the Fed Thinks About CDBCs

Most of the Fed's CBDC report rehashed old ground, but it's a key piece of insight into the central bank's thinking.

U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

In Long-Awaited CBDC White Paper, Fed Flags Privacy, Financial Stability Risks

The Fed does not commit to launching (or not launching) a CBDC in the long-anticipated document.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell (Brendan Smialowski-Pool/Getty Images)