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

What Coinbase’s Rise Says to the World

Coinbase's listing on Nasdaq sends a powerful signal of legitimacy to the U.S. crypto community, as well as to the crypto-curious in the traditional financial sector.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Markets

Ex-CIA Director Says Criminals Will Move Away From Bitcoin in New Lobbying Group's First Report

The new Crypto Council for Innovation hopes to inform and influence regulatory efforts worldwide.

The Crypto Council for Innovation, created by a handful of firms in the digital asset space, is starting with an analysis on whether bitcoin is being used for illicit purposes.

Markets

Circle Brings on Former Libra Vice Chair Dante Disparte in Potential Blow to Facebook Stablecoin Effort

Disparte will help Circle's global expansion efforts, CEO Jeremy Allaire wrote in a blog post.

Policy chief Dante Disparte left the Facebook-linked Diem Association (formerly Libra) and joined Circle in April 2021.

Markets

Bitcoin Price Shoots Past $60K, Ether Hits New All-Time High in Early Saturday Trading

The price action comes just ahead of a highly anticipated Nasdaq listing for leading U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase.

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Markets

SEC Begins Review of WisdomTree Bitcoin ETF as Active Applications Hit 8

Krpytoin also filed for a bitcoin ETF on Friday.

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Markets

CipherTrace Wants to Introduce DEXs to Sanctions Compliance

The new tool uses an oracle on Chainlink to spot crypto wallet addresses on government watchlists.

CipherTrace's new tool would let developers create an API call to monitor for transactions to sanctioned addresses.

Policy

State of Crypto: The IRS Sets Its Sights on Circle

The IRS has issued a John Doe summons to Circle, in a repeat of its collection of Coinbase customer information. What has changed since then?

The IRS wanted to know about Coinbase's customers a few years ago. Now it's looking at Circle (and Poloniex, which hasn't been part of Circle since 2019).

Markets

Crypto Founder Exonerated of Sexual Assault Accusation That Ontario Judge Called 'a Ruse'

The accusations against former Polymath CEO Trevor Koverko were “a convincing, extended ruse, documented on video,” the judge found.

Trevor Koverko at Consensus 2019

Markets

Rep. Gaetz of Blockchain Caucus Faces Investigation for Sexual Misconduct: Report

An investigation into the congressman was opened during the final months of the Trump administration.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)