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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Finance

Jump's Kariya, Who Went From Intern to Crypto Leader, Is Leaving Trading Giant

The Wormhole hack and Terra/Luna blowup happened while he ran Jump's crypto operation.

Jump Crypto President Kanav Kariya (Danny Nelson)

Policy

Winklevoss Twins Say They Each Gave $1 Million to Trump Presidential Campaign

The Winklevoss brothers have become two of the first big-name crypto CEOs to cross the campaign-contribution barrier that had kept big-time donations from the presidential race.

Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss (L-R), creators of crypto exchange Gemini Trust Co., say they gave $1 million each to the Trump campaign. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Policy

California Judge Dismisses Part of Civil Lawsuit Against Ripple, Sends Rest of Securities Case to Trial

U.S. District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton dismissed all four of the class action claims against Ripple but will allow one state law claim to proceed to trial.

Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

Jump Crypto Adds $10M to Industry's U.S. Political War Chest, Raising PAC to $169M

The digital assets industry's Fairshake PAC is a congressional heavyweight with recent influxes, and its latest filings will indicate it still has $109M to spend.

Jump Crypto's new $10 million donation to the industry's Fairshake PAC further bolsters the U.S. campaign juggernaut. (CoinDesk/Alexander Mils, Unsplash)

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Policy

SEC Ends Probe Into Consensys, Won't Sue Over Ethereum

The U.S. regulator closed its investigation into "Ethereum 2.0," Consensys said.

Joe Lubin, founder and CEO of Consensys. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk/Suzanne Cordiero)

Policy

Patrick McHenry Explains FIT21's Passage

The House Financial Services Committee Chair spoke at Consensus 2024.

Congressman Patrick McHenry (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Telecom Giant and T-Mobile Parent Deutsche Telekom Plans to Mine Bitcoin

The company also revealed that it's running Bitcoin and Lightning network nodes.

Mika Baumeister, Unsplash

Policy

Two Men Charged With Running Darknet Marketplace Empire Market

Thomas Pavey and Raheim Hamilton were previously arrested and charged with selling counterfeit currency on AlphaBay, another darknet marketplace.

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Policy

Ether ETFs Should Be Fully Approved by September, Says SEC Chair Gensler

The chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission told senators in a budget hearing that the applications to run ether spot ETFs should be finished this summer.

Chair Gary Gensler continues to defend his agency's Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121 on handling crypto. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

White House Expected to Nominate CFTC Commissioners to FDIC, Treasury Roles: Reports

CFTC Commissioners Christy Goldsmith Romero and Kristin Johnson are reportedly set to be nominated to key roles.

Christy Goldsmith Romero (CFTC)