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

Custodia Bank Renews Push for Fed 'Master Account' After Rejection

The Federal Reserve and Kansas City Fed rejected Custodia's applications for membership and a master account last month.

Caitlin Long at BTC 22 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC Sues Former NBA Star Paul Pierce Over EthereumMax Promos

The Hall of Famer will pay $1.4 million in penalties and disgorgement to settle charges that he did not disclose payments to promote the token.

Paul Pierce attends the 2022 Harold and Carole Pump Foundation Gala (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

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SEC Sues Terraform Labs, Do Kwon for Misleading Investors on TerraUSD Stablecoin

The collapse of TerraUSD last year led to a wave of bankruptcies in the crypto industry.

Daniel Shin, izquierda, y Do Kwon, cofundadores de Terra. (Terraform Labs)

Policy

Binance Moved Funds From US Affiliate's Silvergate Bank Account in 2021: Reuters

Binance moved $400 million from Binance US's bank account, the report said.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CoinDesk)

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US Prosecutors Ask Judge to 'Prohibit' Bankman-Fried From Using Phones, Internet

Sam Bankman-Fried had allegedly used a VPN to watch football games.

Sam Bankman-Fried  (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

Policy

State of Crypto: Interpreting the Paxos-Binance Tea Leaves

NYDFS forced Paxos to stop issuing Binance USD. The SEC has said BUSD may be a security. Stay with me here – Paxos may not be the regulatory target.

(Rene Bruun/EyeEm/Getty Images)

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Stanford Research Director, Former Dean Revealed to Be Bankman-Fried's Bond Signers

Bankman-Fried has two co-signers in addition to his parents.

Sam Bankman-Fried outside U.S. District Court on Feb. 9, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

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SEC to Sue Crypto Trust Co. Paxos Over Binance Stablecoin: WSJ

Paxos also faces a probe from the New York Department of Financial Services.

Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla at Invest 2018 (CoinDesk)

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Finance

Genesis Unveils Proposed Sale Plan With DCG, Bankruptcy Creditors

Parent company Digital Currency Group would turn its equity in Genesis Global Trading over to a holding company as part of an effort to sell both firms.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

What Does Kraken's SEC Settlement Mean for Crypto Staking?

Kraken had a pretty lousy day, but the industry is more interested in what this means for staking.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Getty Images)