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

U.S. Government's Legal Precedents Don't Support Lengthy Prison Term, Bankman-Fried's Defense Argues

Bankman-Fried was found guilty of fraud last year and will be sentenced on March 28.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Pixels Crypto Game Fuels Resurgent Ronin Blockchain

Ronin's user base has jumped 700% over the past few months, according to Token Terminal.

Jeffrey Zirlin, co-founder of Sky Mavis (left) (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

Key U.S. Lawmaker McHenry Says House Has 'Workable' Stablecoin Bill

The House Financial Services Committee chairman, in his final year in Congress, is still optimistic about passing a U.S. stablecoin bill, and Sen. Cynthia Lummis said the Senate's majority leader is open to it.

U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry says the stablecoin legislative debate is still moving forward this year. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Ethereum Foundation Faces Inquiry From a Government; Fortune Says SEC Investigating ETH

After the publication of this article, Fortune reported the SEC seeks to classify ETH as a security.

(TechCrunch/Wikimeda Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Do Kwon Appeal of South Korea Extradition Rejected by Montenegro Court

The decision is now final and cannot be appealed by either Kwon or the U.S., the Terra founder's lawyer told CoinDesk.

Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon on CoinDesk TV in December. (CoinDesk)

Policy

Tornado Cash Dev Pertsev's $1.2B Money Laundering Allegations Detailed Ahead of Dutch Trial

An indictment by Dutch prosecutors lists 40 suspicious transfers – the largest from the Axie Infinity Ronin exploit.

Free Alex Pertsev poster spotted outside the courthouse (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

Finance

Berachain's Crypto Trade Aggregator Ooga Booga Raises $1M

Berachain mainnet isn't even live yet; no traders are trading, or exchanges exchanging, on crypto's latest layer-1. But that isn't dissuading Ooga Booga from fundraising to support both.

(Mark Basarab/Unsplash)

Policy

Does Sam Bankman-Fried Deserve 50 Years in Prison?

SBF's former customers have weighed in.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto Fan Won Ohio Senate Primary That Could Alter the Industry's U.S. Destiny

Bernie Moreno will be the Republican nominee for Senate in Ohio, facing Sen. Sherrod Brown in this year's general election.

U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno benefited from President Donald Trump's endorsement on the way to winning the Ohio Republican primary. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Policy

DOJ's Proposed 50-Year Sentence for Sam Bankman-Fried 'Disturbing,' FTX Founder's Lawyers Say

Bankman-Fried's defense team attacked prosecutors' lengthy prison term recommendation in a new letter Tuesday.

Sam Bankman-Fried outside a courthouse in July 2023. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)