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

India's Digital Rupee Crossed a Million Transactions in 1 Day With Some Help From Banks

The retail CBDC pilot is active in more than 15 cities with more than a dozen banks participating.

Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India (left) and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in Washington DC in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)

Policy

Will 2024 Be the Year of the Bitcoin ETF?

All signs suggest a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund may well launch in the U.S.

(Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Markets

What Caused Bitcoin's 10% Crash: Matrixport? Jim Cramer? Leverage?

Bitcoin cratered almost 10% below $41,000 early Wednesday around the time of Matrixport's report about potential spot BTC ETF rejections, but it was more likely due to a leverage flush as the market overheated, a K33 analyst said in an interview.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk)

Finance

Michael Saylor Commences Plan to Sell $216M Worth of MicroStrategy Shares

Saylor said earlier that he would use the proceedings from the sales to address personal obligations and buy more bitcoin to his personal account.

MicroStrategy Executive Director Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Policy

Hashdex Names BitGo as Bitcoin ETF Custodian as Applicants Continue SEC Meetings

A bitcoin ETF may be approved or rejected in the first few days of the new year.

Photo of the SEC logo on a building wall

Policy

SEC Blasts 'Purportedly Decentralized' DAOs in $1.7M Settlement with BarnBridge

BarnBridge failed to register its structured crypto product with the SEC, regulators alleged.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Policy

SEC Chair Gary Gensler: 'Far Too Many Frauds and Bankruptcies'

The Securities and Exchange Commission chief shared his views on the crypto industry.

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

Policy

Prometheum Earns Final Regulatory Nod to Try Hand at Fully-Compliant Crypto

The U.S. platform, which drew industry barbs for insisting crypto can comply with SEC rules, is now approved for clearing, though it won't begin for a few months at least.

Prometheum founder and co-CEO Aaron Kaplan went on CoinDesk TV to discuss is Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker-dealer license approval. (CoinDesk)

Policy

Judge Denies Sam Bankman-Fried Request for a Longer Sentencing Process

Bankman-Fried's defense team asked for a four to six week extension for his sentencing scheduled in late March, citing a possible second trial that may begin earlier in the month.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)