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

Do Kwon Faces Extradition to U.S. for Charges Tied to the TerraUSD and Luna Collapse: WSJ

The blowups of his UST and LUNA tokens fueled a crisis that gripped the whole crypto industry in 2022, causing losses that reverberated far and wide.

Do Kwon, whose TerraUSD and Luna tokens collapsed in 2022, fueling the crypto winter (Terra)

Policy

Binance, SBF, ETH and Gensler Get Mentions at Republican Presidential Debate

Republican leadership contender Vivek Ramaswamy got the first crypto question.

Vivek Ramaswamy co-founded Strive Asset Management (Frederick Munawa)

Policy

CZ's Guilty Plea Accepted by Judge, Has Yet to Decide If Binance Founder Can Go Home

Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act last month.

Changpeng Zhao speaking at Consensus 2022. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto Exchange Bitzlato Co-Founder Pleads Guilty to U.S. Money Transmitter Charge

Anatoly Legkodymov says he'll dissolve the sanctioned exchange as part of his plea.

U.S. authorities announced the co-founder of exchange Bitzlato pleaded guilty on accusations of running an illegal money transmitter. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Policy

The Most Influential Folks in Crypto Regulations

Recognizing some of the folks involved in crypto policy

U.S. prosecutors with the Southern District of New York (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Tiny Euro-Pegged Stablecoin Surges 200% on Binance Before Exchange Halts Trading Due to 'Abnormal Volatility'

The AEUR-USDT trading pair hit a $3.25 high Tuesday afternoon before Binance suspended trading with the token.

Binance halted trading with the AEUR-USDT pair one day after listing (Binance)

Policy

House's McHenry Says He Won't Seek Reelection, Costing Crypto a Top Ally

Rep. Patrick McHenry, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee who has shepherded crypto legislation this year, said he's decided not to run again next year.

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) is leading efforts in the House to pass stablecoin legislation (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk).

Finance

BlackRock, Bitwise File Updated Applications for Spot Bitcoin ETF

BlackRock’s amended filing included clarifications on topics such as the Trust’s structure and potential regulatory impacts on it.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)

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Policy

Binance's Multi-Billion CFTC Penalty Was 'Heightened,' Says Commissioner Kristin Johnson

Johnson clarified that the agency sued the crypto exchange because it "simply failed to comply with regulation," and didn't accuse it of misconduct.

CFTC Commissioner Kristin Johnson speaking at the FT Crypto Winter event (Jamie Crawley/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Elizabeth Warren: D.C.'s Crypto Critic-in-Chief

The U.S. Senator from Massachusetts is skeptical of crypto. It's a position she leaned into in 2023.

The artist Die with the most likes's rendering of Elizabeth Warren for Most Influential 2023.