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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Fitch Ratings: Blockchain Is a Potential 'Game-Changer' for Insurers

Fitch Ratings published a report Wednesday noting that blockchain can be a long-term solution to issues facing the insurance industry today.

Insurance

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Cisco Claims New Patent Could Apply to Bitcoin Mining

A Cisco patent suggests that internet customers would be able to create a distributed mining pool through a proprietary cloud application.

Mining

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Crypto Exchanges Pause Services Over Contract Bugs

A pair recently-published bugs allow an attacker to create an inordinate number of ERC-20 tokens

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TD Ameritrade Put An Actual Ad on the Bitcoin Blockchain

TD Ameritrade used bitcoin's "memo" area to plant a digital flag on the cryptocurrency's ledger.

TD

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Arizona's Crypto Tax Payments Bill Clears Hurdle

Arizona's revamped cryptocurrency tax bill was approved by a key committee on Monday.

azthing

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Snoop Dogg to Perform at Ripple's Blockchain Week NYC Party

Snoop Dogg will perform at Ripple's Community Night during this year's Blockchain Week in May.

Snoop

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Iceland's 'Big Bitcoin Heist' Suspect Has Been Arrested

Iceland's alleged bitcoin mining computer thief Sindri Thor Stefansson, who escaped from prison last week, was arrested in Amsterdam Monday.

policelight

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Cboe Exchange Wants to Lower Its Bitcoin Futures Prices

The CBOE plans to lower the minimum price change for its bitcoin futures contracts from $10 to $5, according to a newly published letter.

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Another Police Official Arrested In Alleged Bitcoin Extortion Plot

A police superintendent has been arrested in India on suspicions that he is connected to an extortion scheme against a local businessman.

Police

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Coinbase-Cryptsy Lawsuit Will Head to Jury Trial

Coinbase has lost another appeal in a case brought by former customers of the defunct exchange Cryptsy, and the case will now proceed to a jury trial.

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