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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Regulación

Crypto Tax Proposal Open for Revision, IRS Officials' Questions Suggest

Federal officials heard Monday from the industry on the mayhem the U.S. crypto tax proposal could cause, but the most valuable revelations may have been what they asked about.

Marisa Coppel, senior counsel at the Blockchain Association, advised Internal Revenue Service officials to narrow their crypto tax proposal. (Courtesy of the Blockchain Association)

Tecnología

Raft Suffers $3.3M Exploit That Drove Down Stablecoin 50%, but Hacker Likely Lost Money on Attack

Raft's R stablecoin lost its dollar peg, dropping as much as 50% in the immediate aftermath of the exploit.

hacker (Cybercrime / Getty Images)

Finanzas

BlackRock's Ethereum ETF Plan Is Confirmed in Nasdaq Filing

The world's largest asset manager has already made waves by seeking to list a bitcoin ETF

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Regulación

SBF Trial: The Last Day of Summer Camp

Sam Bankman-Fried's trial ended, in the words of his defense attorney, "gradually, then suddenly."

SBF Trial Newsletter Graphic

Regulación

Binance Has No Real Argument for Dismissing SEC Suit, Regulator Says

The SEC pushed back against Binance's motion to dismiss its lawsuit in a new filing.

SEC Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal (right) (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Regulación

U.S. SEC Said to Open Talks with Grayscale on Spot Bitcoin ETF Push

Representatives of the company are answering questions from two divisions of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in the wake of Grayscale's court win over the agency.

Chair Gary Gensler's U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is said to be in new talks with CEO Michael Sonnenshein's Grayscale Investments over its spot bitcoin ETF application. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finanzas

BTC Price Pushes Towards $36K Ahead of 2023's Last Approval Period for Bitcoin ETFs

Analysts at Bloomberg predict that if a spot bitcoin ETF is not approved in this period, there’s still a 90% chance for approval by Jan. 10.

Chair Gary Gensler's U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is weighing Hashdex's ETF application, which analysts suggest could have a leg up because of its novel approach.  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Regulación

BIS Researchers Say Stablecoins Are Failing to Live Up to Promise

For stablecoins to be able to be used as a means of exchange they should be able to maintain their value during the day, economists at the Bank for International Settlements said.

Thumbs down (Markus Spiske / Unsplash)

Regulación

UK’s Tough Crypto Regulator FCA Won’t Go Easy on Stablecoins, Official Says

The Financial Conduct Authority on Monday published a discussion paper with proposals for a stablecoin regime.

Matthew Long, director of payments and digital assets at the FCA. (FCA)

Regulación

U.S. Consumer Finance Watchdog Wants to Oversee Major Tech, Some Crypto Payments

A proposed rule would let the CFPB supervise nonbank payment providers and transactions between people, including some crypto transactions.

CFPB office in Washington, D.C. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)