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

'Digital Dollar' Reintroduced by US Lawmakers in Latest Stimulus Bill

The idea of a digital dollar was again floated by U.S. lawmakers as a means of issuing stimulus payments to residents.

BACK AGAIN: The idea of a digital dollar was in several bills introduced to both the U.S. House and the Senate, but did not appear to make much progress before the two bodies adjourned. (Rashida Tlaib image credit: Phil Pasquini / Shutterstock)

Markets

Reddit May Use Ethereum for a New Token-Based Points System

Reddit is trialing an Ethereum-based rewards system in one of its subreddits.

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More Profit-Taking? Bitcoin Price Sags 7% Ahead of Easter Weekend

Major cryptocurrency markets fell 7 percent over the past 24 hours, with bitcoin (BTC) retreating below $7,000 to $6,807 as of press time.

Most top-25 cryptos by market cap drooped 8 percent, with bitcoin remaining the sole exception. (Credit: Shutterstock)

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Fidelity Taps ErisX Exchange to Boost Crypto Trading Liquidity

Fidelity Digital Asset has signed onto ErisX's clearinghouse, giving its customers access to the exchange's order book in a bid to boost liquidity.

ErisX CEO Tom Chippas said onboarding FDA is a "great validation" of his firm's central limit order book model. (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

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US State Regulators Order 'Fraudulent' Crypto Mining Scheme to Shut Down

The Texas State Securities Board and Alabama Securities Commission filed an emergency action against Ultra Mining, alleging it offered unregistered securities by promising to double investments in a cloud mining scheme.

Texas flag. (Shutterstock)

Policy

SEC Seeks More Feedback on tZERO's Proposed Security Token Exchange

The commission has extended a comment period on a proposed rule change to clear a regulatory path for the Boston Security Token Exchange, a tZERO-backed platform.

The Boston Security Token Exchange needs to provide more information about how it would operate, multiple comment letters stated. (Credit: Shutterstock)

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Crypto Holders Still Face Issues Reporting Tax Liabilities, Survey of CPAs Finds

Certified Public Accountants familiar with crypto largely believe their clients might face audits or penalties for under-reporting holdings in past years, according to a survey.

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Policy

How a Flurry of 'Digital Dollar' Proposals Made It to Congress

Law professors who've long pushed for a digital dollar worked with Congress to bring the concept to a series of coronavirus relief bills earlier this week.

Sen. Sherrod Brown's office intends to pursue a digital dollar as its own Senate bill. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitwise Looks to Retail Market for Its Crypto Index Fund

Bitwise is hoping to draw a retail market for its Bitwise 10 Index Fund, which it intends to list on a regulated alternative trading system later this year.

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Markets

Bankruptcy Trustee to Hand Quadriga Users' Information to Canadian Taxman

The bankruptcy trustee overseeing the winding up of crypto exchange QuadrigaCX, will be turning all user information over to the Canada Revenue Agency.

"Paying the Tax (The Tax Collector)" by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, ca. 1620, image via USC Fisher Museum of Art/Wikimedia Commons