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

Top Republican Retains Hope U.S. Crypto Legislation Can Get Done This Year

Sen. Cynthia Lummis said the window is closing, but it's not shut yet.

Sens. Cynthia Lummis and Tim Scott appear at the SALT Wyoming Symposium on Aug. 21, 2024. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Coin Center Wins Right to Sue U.S. Treasury, IRS Again Over Controversial Tax Reporting Rule

The crypto think tank argued that a 2021 amendment to 6050I, a law that requires certain transactions to be reported to the government, is unconstitutional.

Coin Center executive director Jerry Brito at Consensus 2022 (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Tech

Bitcoin's Programmability Draws Closer to Reality as Robin Linus Delivers 'BitVM2'

Last October's publication of the "BitVM" paradigm inspired a wave of projects aiming to build layer-2 networks and protocols secured by the largest and oldest blockchain. The latest version brings efficiency gains and overcomes critical shortcomings.

Robin Linus, at the Bitcoin Nashville conference in July (Bradley Keoun)

Opinion

What's Next in SEC v. Ripple?

While the SEC case against Ripple was decided solidly in Ripple’s favor, the takeaways for the rest of the industry are limited.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock)

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News Analysis

Wall Street Agrees Crypto Is 'Clearly' A Huge Election Issue, But Still Divided on Who Is Best for Industry

“One thing that’s clear is that crypto seems to be at a scale and importance level where it is a real issue in politics nowadays," said Christopher Jensen, head of digital assets at Franklin Templeton.

(Phil Hearing/Unsplash)

Policy

U.S. Crypto Bill Can Happen This Year, Senate's Schumer Tells Crypto Backers of Harris

At the opening Crypto4Harris event, industry supporters of the Democratic presidential candidate suggested Harris will lead a crypto surge, though she hasn't yet shared her view.

U.S Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, at an event supporting Vice President Kamala Harris, said Congress can still get a crypto bill out this year. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Policy

Trump Organization to Launch a Cryptocurrency Initiative, Eric Trump Says: Report

The son of former President Trump tweeted earlier this month that he had “truly fallen in love with Crypto/DeFi.”

Eric Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Policy

Binance to Pay $1.7M to Brazilian Securities Commission to End Probe Into Unauthorized Derivatives Offering

The Latin American country's agency had rejected Binance’s previous proposal, made in August 2023, to end an investigation into its derivatives products.

(Vadim Artyukhin/Unsplash)

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Finance

TON Crypto Ecosystem Gets Its Own Venture Fund to Invest $40M in Consumer Apps

The TON ecosystem has seen explosive growth lately with web3 games such as Hamster Kombat attracting many millions of users.

(TON Ventures)

Policy

Crypto Industry Committing $12M to Dethrone Sen. Brown in Ohio, PAC Says

The Fairshake super PAC and its affiliates are reserving broadcast time in Ohio, Arizona and Michigan for their Senate races in the November general election.

Ohio Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno is set to benefit from as much as $12 million in crypto-industry campaign help. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)