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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Markets

SEC Staff Calls Bitcoin ‘Highly Speculative,’ Hints at ETF Skepticism

SEC staff intend to determine whether the "bitcoin futures market could accommodate ETFs," the note said.

SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission

Policy

US Senator Proposes Making Distributed Ledgers ‘Key Technology Focus’

Wyoming's Cynthia Lummis wants the U.S. government to make blockchain a priority.

Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) is sponsoring an amendment that would add digital ledger technology to a list of science and technology priorities for the federal government.

Policy

FDIC Chief Says Agency Wants to Know More About Digital Assets

"At the FDIC we have been watching [digital asset] developments closely, and plan to issue a request for information to learn more," Jelena McWilliams said.

Jelena McWilliams, head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Policy

State of Crypto: Gary Gensler's Regulatory Clarity Sounds Awfully Familiar

Gary Gensler said Congress should provide clarity around crypto exchange regulation. A 2020 bill sought to do just that.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler suggested Congress could grant a federal regulator oversight authority over crypto exchanges during a Congressional hearing last week.

Markets

IRS Taps TaxBit to Audit Bulk Crypto Transactions

TaxBit will aggregate transaction data and ensure that the right figures were reported by the taxpayer.

The IRS has tapped TaxBit with providing crypto-specific support when the agency audits high-volume accounts.

Markets

Cboe Kicks Fidelity-Linked Bitcoin ETF Application to SEC

The SEC has 45 days to make an initial decision.

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Learn

Buying Your First Crypto? 10 Things You Should Know

This above all: Don’t put in more than you can afford to lose.

Attention and warning sign with german text ACHTUNG - translation: attention

Markets

'Call Me the Dogefather': Elon Musk Explains Crypto to SNL's Audience

Dogecoin has risen 130-fold this year, for a market capitalization of about $80 billion, on par with France's largest bank.

Elon Musk SNL Doge

Markets

VanEck Files for an Ethereum Exchange-Traded Fund

The SEC is currently evaluating VanEck's bitcoin ETF proposal.

VanEck Director of Digital Asset Strategy Gabor Gurbacs

Markets

Fed Director Michael Hsu to Succeed Brian Brooks at OCC

Hsu was part of the Fed's bank supervision division. Brooks, now CEO of Binance.US, pushed crypto-friendly rules while in D.C.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen