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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Biden to Nominate Crypto Critic as Top Bank Regulator: Report

Cornell University Professor Saule Omarova has criticized cryptocurrencies in the past.

Cornell University Professor Saule Omarova (Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs)

Finanza

Crypto Companies Continue ETF Proposal Spree With Bitcoin, DeFi Filings

Tuesday regulatory filings show Amplify, Invesco and Galaxy Digital submitting a pair of crypto ETF bids to the SEC.

Galaxy Digital CEO Michael Novogratz (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Coinbase to Propose Crypto Regulations to US Officials: Sources

Coinbase is said to be working on a pitch to federal regulators on how to oversee the crypto industry.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong speaks at CoinDesk's Consensus 2019.

Politiche

US Sanctions Enforcer Blacklists a Crypto Exchange for First Time

The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control labeled Suex.io a “specially designated national,” putting the exchange in a category with suspected terrorists.

Deputy Treasury Secretary Adewale Adeyemo (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Witness the Rise of the Crypto Nominee

Nominees for federal office are increasingly coming with crypto knowledge.

Rostin Behnam, acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, from left, Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, and Jelena McWilliams, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, walk to the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, June 21, 2021. President Biden is meeting with the nation's top financial regulators for an update on the state of the country's financial systems and institutions. Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Biden Administration Plans Cryptocurrency Sanctions to Combat Ransomware

It’s unclear how specifically the U.S. government will seek to mitigate ransomware payments.

U.S. President Joe Biden (Al Drago/Getty Images)

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3 States: Alabama Securities Commission Also Claims Celsius Violated Securities Laws

Texas and New Jersey both announced they believed Celsius violated state securities laws on Friday.

mashinsky

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US Officials Add Insider Trading Claims to Binance Investigation: Report

Binance already faced a probe from the IRS and Department of Justice.

Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (CoinDesk Archives)

Politiche

US Treasury Turns Its Gaze to Stablecoin Issuers

Stablecoin transactions and their impact on financial stability are top-of-mind for Treasury officials

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Finanza

$3M in Ether Stolen From SushiSwap’s MISO Launchpad

An auction on the DeFi exchange’s launchpad was attacked on Thursday.

(Dbarak/Wikimedia Commons)