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

Garantex Operator Aleksej Besciokov Arrested in India: Report

Besciokov is charged with money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to violate sanctions and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business.

Aleksej Besciokov (U.S. Secret Service)

Policy

OKX Europe Acquires MiFID II-Licensed Company in Malta

The exchange recently obtained a Markets in Crypto Assets license in Europe.

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Policy

Crypto ETFs Likely Won't Be Approved Until New SEC Chair Is Sworn In

President Donald Trump named Paul Atkins as his pick to lead the agency but no hearing has been scheduled yet to confirm him.

Paul Atkins, Donald Trump's nominee for SEC chair, on the left (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Finance

Binance Gets $2B Investment From Abu Dhabi's MGX

It's the first institutional investment in the crypto exchange and the investment was made in an unnamed stablecoin, Binance said.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. House Votes to Overturn IRS DeFi Broker Rule

The IRS broker rule would have been impossible to comply with for DeFi entities, one of the resolution's proponents said.

Rep. Jason Smith advocating for the Congressional Review Act resolution on Tuesday ahead of the House vote. (C-SPAN)

Finance

Crypto Payments Firm Mesh Raises $82M as Stablecoin Adoption Soars

The fundraising was completed using PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin and was led by Paradigm.

U.S. dollar (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Paraguay Is Only Waiting for Crypto Law: El Salvador’s Top Crypto Regulator

“From my perspective, Paraguay seems to have the groundwork laid for supervision, regulation, and taxation regimes," said CNAD President Juan Carlos Reyes.

Paraguay. Credit: Planet Volumes, Unsplash+

Policy

As House Panel Kicks Tires on Stablecoin Bill, Old-School Finance Giants Reveal Shift

In a U.S. congressional hearing on the new House stablecoin bill, witnesses including BNY and a Wall Street super-lawyer further show a tradfi arrival.

French HIll will be the next chairman of the House Financial Services Committee (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Cboe Files Several Amended Documents to Allow Ether Staking in ETFs

The exchange filed amended 19b-4 documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission asking to allow staking of the ETFs.

Crypto exchange Cboe is asking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to allow staking in several spot ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs