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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Finance

Coinbase Applies to List Crypto Futures Products

The company filed to become a member of the National Futures Association.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Bitwise Joins Hunt for Bitcoin ETF Approval With Futures Product Filing

The asset manager is teaming up with ETF Series Solutions in its bid to get a U.S. bitcoin ETF over the finish line.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan

Policy

SEC Chair Gensler: Coinbase Should Register With Regulator

SEC Chair Gary Gensler wants to boost the agency’s headcount to better regulate crypto.

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

Policy

Coinbase Goes Public in Its Fight With the SEC

Coinbase says the agency hasn’t clearly explained why Lend is a security and is marshaling its customer base for support.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

US Lawmakers Float New Crypto Tax Provisions in Reconciliation Bill

The proposals would close loopholes in different types of sales rules.

Representative Dave Camp, a Republican from Michigan and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, right, talks to Representative Richard Neal, a Democrat from Massachusetts, prior to a hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. The official most responsible for the rollout of the Obamacare health-insurance exchange, Marilyn Tavenner, blamed a "subset" of outside contractors for the website woes, not her staff, in testimony before a U.S. House committee. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Policy

Biden’s CFTC Picks Include Crypto Law Scholar

The U.S. president plans to nominate Kristin Johnson, a law professor at Emory University, and Christy Goldsmith Romero, who teaches cryptocurrency regulations at the University of Virginia.

Acting CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (left), Fed Chair Jerome Powell and FDIC Chair Jelena McWilliams (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

CFTC’s Berkovitz to Step Down Next Month

Dan Berkovitz, who recently warned that DeFi derivatives may violate federal regulations, took office in 2018.

F. Carter Smith/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Policy

Former Crypto-Friendly Regulator Quintenz Joins VC Firm A16z

Brian Quintenz stepped down from the CFTC at the end of August.

Paul Miller/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Finance

Mastercard to Acquire Crypto Tracing Firm CipherTrace

Details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

MasterCard

Policy

State of Crypto: The SEC Takes on DeFi

The SEC’s investigation into DeFi platforms is unsurprising. The question is whether the U.S. regulator will bring charges.

Meritt Thomas/Unsplash