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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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)

Finance

TON Crypto Ecosystem Gets Its Own Venture Fund to Invest $40M in Consumer Apps

The TON ecosystem has seen explosive growth lately with web3 games such as Hamster Kombat attracting many millions of users.

(TON Ventures)

Policy

Crypto Industry Committing $12M to Dethrone Sen. Brown in Ohio, PAC Says

The Fairshake super PAC and its affiliates are reserving broadcast time in Ohio, Arizona and Michigan for their Senate races in the November general election.

Ohio Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno is set to benefit from as much as $12 million in crypto-industry campaign help. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Finance

Tokenized Asset Issuer Backed to Offer Crypto RWAs in LatAm With eNor Securities

ENor Securities, an exchange based in El Salvador, will offer Backed’s bTokens to retail investors in Latin America.

Latin America (Leon Overwheel/Unsplash)

News Analysis

Crypto Insiders Courting Vice President Harris Chase Whispers of Her Openness

Just as the sector began bonding with Donald Trump, the election arrival of Vice President Kamala Harris has caused some crypto eyes to wander, but Harris hasn't yet returned their love.

An emerging crypto faction favors Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, but they have no evidence yet that she's on their side. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Policy

SEC Files Fraud Charges Against Promoters of NovaTech, Alleged $650M Crypto Pyramid Scheme

The SEC alleges that the scheme raised money from over 200,000 investors worldwide, many of them Haitian-Americans, following a similar suit filed in June by the New York Attorney General.

Oklahoma's new laws protect Oklahomans’ right to self-custody their crypto and prevent the state and local governments from banning crypto mining (Unsplash)

Policy

Do Kwon’s Extradition from Montenegro Postponed Yet Again

Kwon has been held in the Balkan country since his arrest in March 2023.

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV)