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

Binance.US Not Being Totally Forthcoming, SEC Complains in New Filing

The SEC and Binance.US filed a joint status report detailing ongoing discovery efforts on Tuesday.

Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.

Policy

Wall Street Journal Accused of Defamation Over 2023 Tether-Bitfinex Article

Christopher Harborne and his aviation fuel broker AML Global were wrongly accused of "committing fraud, laundering money, and financing terrorists," according to the lawsuit.

(Sasun Bughdaryan/Unsplash)

Policy

U.S. Department of Energy Will Start Comment Period on Miner Survey Proposal

The comment period comes as the result of an agreement after crypto industry participants sued the DOE.

ASIC Miners (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Policy

Craig Wright Accuses Critics of Bugging His House, Spoofing Emails to Bring Him Back to Court

Wright returned to the stand in the U.K. COPA trial to defend accusations of forging doctoring emails he’d sent his former lawyers.

Craig Wright arrives at a London High Court for the COPA trial on March 1, 2024. (Camomile Shumba/ CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC Overstepped Bounds in Kraken Lawsuit, State AGs Charge

State attorneys general argue that the SEC is trying to claim jurisdiction that rightfully belonged to states.

Kraken

Policy

U.S. House Panel Votes to Disapprove of Controversial SEC Custody Guidance

The House Financial Services Committee also adopted a bill giving the U.S. Secret Service more resources to investigate crypto crimes.

Reps. Patrick McHenry and Maxine Waters (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried Doesn't Want to Go to Prison for 100 Years

Bankman-Fried's legal team brought 29 character references in pleading for a lenient sentence.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Winklevoss Twins' Gemini Promises to Return $1.1B to Earn Customers

The pact is tied to the bankruptcy of Genesis Global Capital, Gemini's partner for its Earn program.

Gemini founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Policy

Coinbase Made an Arbitration Case to the U.S. Supreme Court – Again

In a second case involving a legal argument over arbitration, the U.S. crypto exchange again appeared in the high court to argue about these agreements that affect everybody.

Coinbase appeared again in the U.S. Supreme Court to make a case on arbitration. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Tech

Coinbase Adds 2 Software Programs for Ethereum Staking, to Reduce Concentration Risks

The publicly traded U.S. crypto exchange said it would add support for the additional Ethereum "clients" – computer programs used to access and run the distributed network – to help reduce dependence on the dominant Geth software.

(Alpha Photo/Flickr)