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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SEC Shut Off Extra Security on X For About 6 Months, Letting Hacker Breeze In

The U.S. regulator confirmed it didn't take its own security advice through much of 2023, leaving it open for a costly social-media hack that's still under investigation.

Gary Gensler's SEC must now decide what to do about multiple applications for BTC and ETH ETFs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Bailing DeSantis May Leave Deafening Crypto Silence in 2024 Presidential Race

The Florida governor and Vivek Ramaswamy had been the most strident Republican voices on digital assets issues for 2024, but both gave way to the Trump political juggernaut.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ' departure from the presidential campaign field likely means less crypto talk in the 2024 election. (CoinDesk screen grab from governor's office video)

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FTX Affiliate Alameda Research Drops Grayscale Lawsuit

FTX liquidators are scrapping a costly legal battle to secure money for FTX creditors, following GBTC's conversion into a spot bitcoin ETF.

The now-former FTX Arena (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk archives)

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FTX Sold About $1B of Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF, Explaining Much of Outflow: Sources

BTC's price has fallen since bitcoin ETFs were approved. In theory, now that FTX is done selling its substantial holdings, the selling pressure could ease since a bankruptcy estate liquidating holdings is a relatively unique event.

FTX logo (Adobe Firefly)

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U.S., U.K., Australia Sanction Hamas-Affiliated Crypto Transaction Facilitators

The U.S. designated two companies that helped move crypto for Hamas, according to a Treasury Department press release.

The U.S. is weighing crypto tax rules, and a hearing today will hear from industry representatives worried about the government going too far. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk.)

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The SEC Goes Back to Court

A week after approving many spot bitcoin ETFs, the SEC faced Coinbase and Binance in court.

SEC logo (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Industry Cautiously Welcomes Agreement on New EU AML Rules

NFTs, DeFi and outlawing privacy tools might be out, but for crypto firms, requirements for customer checks might be more stringent than for banks, policy watchers told CoinDesk.

European Parliament (Frederic Köberl/ Unsplash)

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Investment Firm With $1B Assets Looks to Invest in Bitcoin Mining With Fabiano Consulting

Deus X Capital partnered with Fabiano Consulting to provide funding and strategic advice to miners.

Deus X CEO Tim Grant (Left), Amanda Fabiano of Fabiano Consulting (Right). (Deus X/Fabiano Consulting)

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EU Provisionally Agrees Tough Crypto Due Diligence Measures to Combat Money Laundering

Crypto firms have to do checks on transactions of 1,000 euro or more, and the framework adds measures to mitigate risks in transfers with self-hosted wallets.

The EU has passed new crypto laws (Pixabay)

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Coinbase's SEC Clash Faces First Major Test as Judge Weighs Longshot Dismissal

A federal U.S. judge will hear arguments about whether or not to toss the case based on legal arguments that the regulator was in the wrong when it sued the exchange.

Coinbase is getting set to tell a judge why the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, under Chair Gary Gensler, has improperly picked a legal fight with the exchange. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)