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

North Korea's 'Lazarus' Hackers Stole $41 Million From Crypto Gambling Site, FBI Says

Github warned in July that DPRK hackers were targeting crypto and gambling sites.

North Korean head Kim Jong-Un (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Policy

Ex-FTX Executive Ryan Salame Could Forfeit $1.5B as Part of Guilty Plea

Salame admitted to being a "straw donor” to secretly funnel millions of dollars to Republican political candidates while Bankman-Fried donated to Democrats.

Ryan Salame leaving a New York courthouse on Sept. 7, 2023. (Sam Kessler/CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC’s Gensler Should Be Focus of More Hearings on Treatment of Crypto: U.S. Senator

Sen. Bill Hagerty, a Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, says the panel should be digging into the interactions between the securities regulator and the digital assets sector.

(Photo courtesy of the Securities and Exchange Commission)

Policy

Former FTX Executive Ryan Salame Will Plead Guilty to Charges: Bloomberg

Ryan Salame was co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets and handled political donations for the crypto exchange.

The streets are clear outside the U.S. Court for the Southern District of New York (Dustin D.)

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Finance

Tokenization Advocacy Group Wants to Bring the 'Next Trillion' of Assets to Blockchain

Founding members such as Coinbase, Circle and Aave Companies aim to foster the use of blockchain technology for traditional assets.

Digitally altered photo of a dollar bill (Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Find Who’s Responsible for DeFi Projects and Regulate Them, Global Securities Body Says

IOSCO worries decentralized financial applications could harm investors and markets – and casts doubt on their main premise

International standard setters at Iosco have proposed DeFi rules (Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images)

Policy

Blanket Crypto Bans Won’t Work, IMF and FSB Warn in Joint Paper

The global standard-setters also warned stablecoins adopted by multiple jurisdictions "may transmit volatility more abruptly" than other crypto.

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Policy

Cboe's BZX Exchange Files to Launch Ark 21Shares, VanEck Spot Ether ETFs

If approved, these would be the first spot ether ETFs in the U.S.

Cboe (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Policy

Celsius Network Files 'Adversary Complaint' Against EquitiesFirst to Recover Assets

The private lender owed Celsius $439 million of assets as of July 2022.

(Mustang Joe/Flickr)

Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Motion for Pretrial Release Goes Before 3-Judge Panel

The former FTX CEO is trying to win back his freedom – at least temporarily – to prepare for his October trial.

Sam Bankman-Fried leaving court on Feb. 16, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)