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

SEC Has Not Approved Bitcoin ETFs, but Its Hacked X Account Briefly Said Otherwise

The X account of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which is deciding whether to approve bitcoin ETFs, "was compromised," the regulator told CoinDesk.

SEC headquarters

Markets

Bitcoin ETFs Could See Up to $100B in Inflows If SEC Approves: Standard Chartered

Analysts from Standard Chartered, Galaxy and Corestone predict that a spot bitcoin ETF could see over $1 billion in inflows over just the first quarter.

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Policy

New York's Crypto BitLicense Oversight Criticized by State's Comptroller

The New York fiscal chief says the Department of Financial Services let some things fall through the cracks as a crypto watchdog.

Superintendent Adrienne Harris's New York Department of Financial Services is being criticized for missteps in overseeing crypto BitLicense holders. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC Hustles to Answer Latest Bitcoin ETF Filings: Source

With a Wednesday deadline looming, the regulator sent comments just hours after would-be issuers filed documents detailing their fees.

SEC headquarters (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Policy

With Bitcoin ETF Decision Looming, SEC Chair Gensler Says (Again) That Crypto Is Dangerous

While the industry eagerly awaits the U.S. regulator's decision on spot bitcoin ETFs, Gary Gensler is on X warning investors that crypto is rife with scams.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler in Washington on Oct. 25, 2023 (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Final Bitcoin ETF Application Filings Get Posted by Major U.S. Exchanges

Releasing them suggests they’re confident the SEC will approve the first U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs soon.

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Policy

U.S. SEC Seeks to Leverage Terraform Win in Coinbase, Binance Disputes

The agency contends last week's court ruling that offerings from Terraform were securities should help make its case that the exchanges traded unregistered securities.

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)

Tech

Mango Markets Faces Regulatory 'Inquiry' Ahead of Eisenberg Crypto Fraud Trial

The DEX is voting on whether to appoint a representative to triage this inquiry.

A cubist painting of a federal agent inspecting a mango with a magnifying glass (DALL-E)

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Policy

North Korea Was Responsible for Over $600M in Crypto Thefts Last Year: TRM Labs

U.S. national security officials have raised concerns about North Korea's use of stolen crypto to develop nuclear weapons.

Ari Redbord (TRM Labs)

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)