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

California Financial Regulator Announces FTX Investigation

California becomes the first state to officially announce an investigation.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

FTX US Warns of Trading Halt Hours After Bankman-Fried Says It's '100% Liquid'

Sam Bankman-Fried said the FTX US entity's users would be able to withdraw all their funds.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried dice que Alameda se retira y promete a los clientes de FTX US que sus fondos “están bien”

El propietario de la empresa de trading tuiteó las novedades el jueves a la mañana.

Former FTX CEO Sam-Bankman-Fried (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried Says Alameda Winding Down, Promises FTX US Customers' Funds Are 'Fine'

The trading company's owner tweeted the news on Thursday morning.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Without Details, Tron's Justin Sun Says He's 'Putting Together Solution' for FTX

Binance announced it would not acquire FTX earlier Wednesday.

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Policy

FTX Faces US Justice Department Probe: Report

FTX already faced other state and federal investigations.

El ex CEO de FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

US Sanctions 3 Individuals, Dozens of Bitcoin, Ether and Bitcoin Cash Addresses on Opioid Allegations

Sanctioned individuals allegedly sold drugs to U.S. markets through online markets.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

The Collapse of the FTX Empire

We'll talk about elections next week.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (CoinDesk)

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Policy

Midterm Elections 2022: Crypto Live Blog

CoinDesk reporters track the 2022 election.

U.S. Capitol Building (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Policy

US Treasury Adds to Tornado Cash Sanctions With North Korea WMD Allegations

OFAC first added Tornado Cash to its sanctions list in August.

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