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

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Indicted on 'Complicity,' Refusal to Communicate Charges in French Court

The head of the popular social-media and messaging platform was arrested on Saturday as part of an investigation into money laundering, drug trafficking, child pornography and non-cooperation with law enforcement crimes.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov (TechCrunch Disrupt Europe/Creative Commons)

Markets

TON Resumes Block Production After Near Six Hour Outage

The network has gone to the DOGS as it struggles to catch up with the popularity of a new TON memcoin.

(Priscilla Du Preez/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Falls Below $59K Amid Broad Market Rout; Ether Slumps Almost 10%

Bitcoin hit the lowest price since Aug. 19. It was not immediately clear what sparked the sell-off.

Bitcoin dove late Tuesday. (CoinDesk)

Finance

This 'Degenerate' Crypto-Culture Publication is Betting on Print

Newspapers are dead. Can Superbasedd make it with a monthly glossy?

Superbasedd's founding team (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Policy

U.S. SEC Settles With Abra Over Unregistered Sales of Securities

The securities regulator says Abra sold half a billion dollars in unregistered Abra Earn while also operating without registration as an investment company.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC’s Case Against Kraken Will Proceed to Trial, California Judge Rules

The federal regulator sued Kraken in California last year, alleging that the crypto company failed to register with the SEC as a broker, exchange or clearinghouse.

Kraken CEO and former COO David Ripley (Kraken)

Policy

‘My Living Nightmare’: Detained Binance Exec’s Wife Begs for His Immediate Release

Tigran Gambaryan’s family says he can no longer walk and has battled multiple bouts of malaria pneumonia.

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)

Opinion

R.I.P. Unhosted Wallet Rule

The 2020 FinCEN unhosted wallet proposal has arguably been dead for years, but now it's official.

Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (Jerod Harris/Getty Images)

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Policy

CluCoin Founder Pleads Guilty to Stealing $1.1M of Investor Funds for Online Gambling

Austin Michael Taylor, 40, of Miami, Florida faces up to 20 years in prison for wire fraud.

Department of Justice (Shutterstock)

Policy

Crypto Promoter and Failed Politician Michelle Bond Accused of Illegally Taking FTX Cash

Michelle Bond was indicted on charges that she took illegal campaign contributions when the digital assets advocate and former SEC lawyer was running for Congress.

Former Washington crypto-policy advocate Michelle Bond is under indictment for campaign-finance violations from her congressional race in 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)