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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Policy

CluCoin Founder Pleads Guilty to Stealing $1.1M of Investor Funds for Online Gambling

Austin Michael Taylor, 40, of Miami, Florida faces up to 20 years in prison for wire fraud.

Department of Justice (Shutterstock)

Policy

Crypto Promoter and Failed Politician Michelle Bond Accused of Illegally Taking FTX Cash

Michelle Bond was indicted on charges that she took illegal campaign contributions when the digital assets advocate and former SEC lawyer was running for Congress.

Former Washington crypto-policy advocate Michelle Bond is under indictment for campaign-finance violations from her congressional race in 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Top Republican Retains Hope U.S. Crypto Legislation Can Get Done This Year

Sen. Cynthia Lummis said the window is closing, but it's not shut yet.

Sens. Cynthia Lummis and Tim Scott appear at the SALT Wyoming Symposium on Aug. 21, 2024. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Coin Center Wins Right to Sue U.S. Treasury, IRS Again Over Controversial Tax Reporting Rule

The crypto think tank argued that a 2021 amendment to 6050I, a law that requires certain transactions to be reported to the government, is unconstitutional.

Coin Center executive director Jerry Brito at Consensus 2022 (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Tech

Bitcoin's Programmability Draws Closer to Reality as Robin Linus Delivers 'BitVM2'

Last October's publication of the "BitVM" paradigm inspired a wave of projects aiming to build layer-2 networks and protocols secured by the largest and oldest blockchain. The latest version brings efficiency gains and overcomes critical shortcomings.

Robin Linus, at the Bitcoin Nashville conference in July (Bradley Keoun)

Opinion

What's Next in SEC v. Ripple?

While the SEC case against Ripple was decided solidly in Ripple’s favor, the takeaways for the rest of the industry are limited.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock)

News Analysis

Wall Street Agrees Crypto Is 'Clearly' A Huge Election Issue, But Still Divided on Who Is Best for Industry

“One thing that’s clear is that crypto seems to be at a scale and importance level where it is a real issue in politics nowadays," said Christopher Jensen, head of digital assets at Franklin Templeton.

(Phil Hearing/Unsplash)

Policy

U.S. Crypto Bill Can Happen This Year, Senate's Schumer Tells Crypto Backers of Harris

At the opening Crypto4Harris event, industry supporters of the Democratic presidential candidate suggested Harris will lead a crypto surge, though she hasn't yet shared her view.

U.S Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, at an event supporting Vice President Kamala Harris, said Congress can still get a crypto bill out this year. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Policy

Trump Organization to Launch a Cryptocurrency Initiative, Eric Trump Says: Report

The son of former President Trump tweeted earlier this month that he had “truly fallen in love with Crypto/DeFi.”

Eric Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Policy

Binance to Pay $1.7M to Brazilian Securities Commission to End Probe Into Unauthorized Derivatives Offering

The Latin American country's agency had rejected Binance’s previous proposal, made in August 2023, to end an investigation into its derivatives products.

(Vadim Artyukhin/Unsplash)