Nikhilesh De

Nikhilesh De is CoinDesk's managing editor for global policy and regulation, covering regulators, lawmakers and institutions. When he's not reporting on digital assets and policy, he can be found admiring Amtrak or building LEGO trains. He owns < $50 in BTC and < $20 in ETH. He was named the Association of Cryptocurrency Journalists and Researchers' Journalist of the Year in 2020.

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Marchés

ErisX Takes on Bakkt With Launch of Physically Settled US Bitcoin Futures

ErisX plans to work with futures commission merchants and brokerages starting next year, allowing investors hoping to trade its physically settled bitcoin futures an alternative to Bakkt

ErisX CEO Thomas Chippas (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

Marchés

‘Request for Exhumation’: QuadrigaCX Creditors Ask for Proof That Cotten Is Dead

Creditors of QuadrigaCX have asked the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to exhume and conduct an autopsy of the failed exchange’s founder, Gerald Cotten.

Gerald Cotten, difunto CEO de QuadrigaCX, alrededor de 2015.

Juridique

New York Attorney General Calls Bitfinex's Legal Stance 'Deeply Perverse' in New Filing

In a sharply worded brief, the New York Attorney General's Office has criticized the exchange's tactics in its case involving the Tether stablecoin's backing.

New York supreme court

Finance

TokenSoft Scores Transfer Agent Registration to Build 'Automated Investment Bank'

Crypto startup TokenSoft is closing in on a key regulatory seal of approval as it seeks to build an investment bank for the age of tokenization.

Tokensoft CEO Mason Borda

Marchés

SEC Charges Shopin CEO With Fraud Over Unregistered $42M ICO

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Shopin and its founder Eran Eyal with fraud after a $42 million initial coin offering.

SEC (Image via Mark Van Scyoc / Shutterstock)

Marchés

New York Regulator Details Changes to Contentious BitLicense

The New York Department of Financial Services has outlined a new approach to approving what coins crypto exchanges can list in the Empire State.

NYDFS Superintendent Linda Lacewell (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Marchés

US Arrests 3 in Alleged Crypto Mining Pool Fraud Scheme

U.S. authorities have arrested three members of BitClub Network, alleging the mining pool is a long-running Ponzi scheme.

dojfbi

Marchés

LedgerX Places Founders on Administrative Leave After Tussle With CFTC

LedgerX CEO and COO Paul and Juthica Chou have been "placed on administrative leave" by the company, with DTCC vice chairman Larry Thompson filling in.

Juthica and Paul Chou image via CoinDesk archives

Marchés

Huobi US Is Abruptly Halting Exchange Operations

HBUS says customers should withdraw all funds by Jan. 31, 2020.

Photo of U.S.-based HBUS team in San Francisco courtesy of Huobi

Marchés

Bakkt Goes Live With Options, Cash-Settled Futures Products

Bakkt’s new options and cash-settled bitcoin futures products have just gone live, joining its three-month-old physical futures contracts.

Bakkt President Adam White