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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Washington State County Shuts Down 'Unauthorized' Crypto Miners

Washington State's Chelan County shut down three rogue cryptocurrency mining operations due to the power draw and safety risk.

Mining

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Motherboard Maker ASRock Confirms Plan to Sell Crypto Miners

Taiwan-based motherboard producer ASRock confirmed that some of its new GPUs are meant for cryptocurrency mining.

Components used in bitcoin mining machines.

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OKEx Denies Manipulation Claims After Bitcoin Futures Rollback

Hong Kong-based crypto exchange OKEx is saying it had no role in its exchange's irregularity from last week.

stocks

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Messaging Giant Line to Launch South Korean Blockchain Subsidiary

Japan-based social messaging platform Line is launching a blockchain-focused subsidiary in South Korea.

LINE (Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk)

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Report: 9 Cryptocurrency Hedge Funds Have Closed in 2018

Bloomberg reported Monday that nine cryptocurrency hedge funds have shut down in the first quarter of 2018.

stockdrop

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SEC Halts Mayweather-Endorsed ICO, Charges Founders With Fraud

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has halted the Floyd Mayweather-supported Centra Tech initial coin offering.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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Amber Baldet Leaving JPMorgan Blockchain Team to Start New Venture

Amber Baldet, who led development of JPMorgan's permissioned blockchain platform Quorum, is leaving to start her own project.

baldet, jpmorgan

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Report: Russia's Gazprombank to Test Cryptocurrency Service

Russia's state-owned Gazprombank is reportedly looking into facilitating cryptocurrency transactions through a Swiss subsidiary.

russianflag

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Vitalik: Ether Limit Is a 'Joke' Worth Taking Seriously

Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin said he wrote a proposal to cap ether at 120 million tokens as an "April Fool's meta-joke" to stimulate debate.

vitalik, buterin

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TD Bank Considers Public Blockchain for Asset Tracking

A newly published patent application indicates that TD Bank may be considering the use of a public blockchain for certain kinds of transactions.

td, bank