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

Coinbase Creates New Crypto Lending Service Geared Toward Large Investors

Coinbase (COIN) raised $57 million for the platform as of Sept. 1, according to an SEC filing.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)

Policy

SEC Hasn't Met Requirements to Argue for an Appeal, Ripple Says

Ripple opposed the SEC motion to try and appeal a federal judge's ruling in its case against the crypto company from July.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler and Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse (Kevin Dietsch/Getty and Scott Moore/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

OKX Planning Web3 Foray Into India, Chief Marketing Officer Says

OKX plans to scale up its wallet services "exponentially" by tapping into India's much-talked-about developer community.

New Delhi, India (Unsplash)

Policy

SEC Delays Spot Bitcoin ETF Decision for All Applicants Including BlackRock, Fidelity

The regulator has now announced delays for all six of the new ETF applications.

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Policy

Gemini Opposes Genesis Bankruptcy Plan: 'Woefully Light on Specifics'

Gemini joins two other creditor groups in objecting to Genesis' proposed agreement to resolve its bankruptcy.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried Lawyers ‘Need’ Him Out Of Jail Ahead of Trial, They Tell Judge

The former FTX CEO-turned criminal defendant's team said they have “no faith” in prosecutors’ claimed efforts to address his jailhouse woes.

(Elizabeth Napolitano / CoinDesk)

Policy

Tornado Cash Indictments May Prove to Be Just a Localized Storm After All

Fears of the case being the start of a new assault on the industry may be overblown.

(Clay Banks/Unsplash)

Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried's Complaints About Discovery Are 'Misleading,' DOJ Says

Prosecutors push back on the ex-FTX CEO’s claims that they’re dumping too many documents on him, responding that the evidence had been at his fingertips for months.

Sam Bankman-Fried outside a courthouse in July 2023. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Policy

SEC Must Review Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF Bid After Previous Rejection, Appeals Court Rules

A federal appeals court ordered the SEC to "vacate" its rejection of the trust issuer's bid to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into an exchange-traded fund.

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Policy

All of Sam Bankman-Fried's Proposed Expert Witnesses Should Be Barred From Testifying: DOJ

The defense team moved to bar one of the prosecution's proposed witnesses as well.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)