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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Policy

Russia Is About to Try Using Crypto to Get Around Sanctions

Experts doubt it will work, given the traceability of blockchains and the risk of even tougher sanctions for Russia.

16:9 Crop: Russian President Vladimir Putin. (DimitroSevastopol/Pixabay)

Policy

U.S. House Committee Plans for Heap of Crypto Hearings in September

The House Financial Services Committee is expected to look at DeFi, U.S. enforcement and "pig butchering" in a series of hearings the panel is set to schedule for next month.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler says the agency's court loss led to bitcoin ETF approvals. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Jailed FTX Exec Withdraws His Request to Compel Government to Abide by Plea Deal

Salame agreed to a plea deal in order to get prosecutors to drop their investigation into Michelle Bond, his partner and the mother of his child.

Ryan Salame leaving a New York courthouse on Sept. 7, 2023. (Sam Kessler/CoinDesk)

Policy

'Pig Butchering' Scams Remain Dangerous Threat in Crypto Markets, Chainalysis Report Says

While other types of illicit activity are growing, scams are the biggest issue, Wednesday's report from the analytics firm said.

Chainalysis CEO Michael Gronager (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

TON Back Online After Second Outage

TON says its core developer team is looking into why the DOGS token continues to crash the chain.

(Brands&People/Unsplash)

Policy

Advocates at Stand With Crypto Seek to Turn Crypto Enthusiasts Into Swing-State Voters

The group is opening a battleground-states tour with Sen. Sinema in Arizona, then it moves on to Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to get out the crypto vote.

U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is set to speak at the first Stand With Crypto event in a series of stops planned for battleground states in this year's elections. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Policy

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Indicted on 'Complicity,' Refusal to Communicate Charges in French Court

The head of the popular social-media and messaging platform was arrested on Saturday as part of an investigation into money laundering, drug trafficking, child pornography and non-cooperation with law enforcement crimes.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov (TechCrunch Disrupt Europe/Creative Commons)

Markets

TON Resumes Block Production After Near Six Hour Outage

The network has gone to the DOGS as it struggles to catch up with the popularity of a new TON memcoin.

(Priscilla Du Preez/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Falls Below $59K Amid Broad Market Rout; Ether Slumps Almost 10%

Bitcoin hit the lowest price since Aug. 19. It was not immediately clear what sparked the sell-off.

Bitcoin dove late Tuesday. (CoinDesk)

Finance

This 'Degenerate' Crypto-Culture Publication is Betting on Print

Newspapers are dead. Can Superbasedd make it with a monthly glossy?

Superbasedd's founding team (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)