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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US Justice Department Indicts BitConnect Founder

Satish Kumbhani already faced SEC charges for his role in the "global Ponzi scheme."

(Gregory Varnum/Wikimedia Commons)

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BitMEX Founders Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo Plead Guilty to Violating US Law

The Thursday announcement stems from a late-2020 enforcement action.

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President Biden Announces Technology Export Controls, Bank Sanctions Against Russia

Several European countries have also announced measures to try to force Russia to cease hostilities after it invaded Ukraine.

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No, Crypto Won't 'Fix This' for Russia

Cryptocurrency is an unlikely workaround for expanded U.S. sanctions against Putin's government following the Ukraine Invasion, according to legal and blockchain experts.

Kyiv. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

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Canada, Russia and Crypto's Place in the World

World events might set the stage to test crypto’s raison d'etre.

Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 (Artur Voznenko/Unsplash)

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Court Orders Freeze of Canadian 'Freedom Convoy' Crypto Fundraising

The funds in over 120 crypto addresses were ordered frozen by a special injunction by an Ontario court.

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FBI Launches New Crypto Crimes Unit

The National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team will investigate ransomware and other crimes with tools including blockchain analysis.

Deputy AG Lisa Monaco (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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The Bitfinex Laundering Story Continues

Federal officials arrested two and seized $3.6B in BTC tied to the 2016 Bitfinex hack. And everyone's paying attention now.

Heather Morgan, aka Razzlekhan (YouTube, modified by CoinDesk)

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BlockFi Will Pay $100M in Settlement With SEC, State Regulators Over High-Yield Accounts: Report

The company has been under investigation since at least November over the lending product, which offers yields as high as 9.5%.

BlockFi advertisement in Washington D.C.'s Union Station (CoinDesk archives)

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US Treasury Suggests Miners Won’t Be Subject to IRS Reporting Rules

A letter from a Treasury official addresses crypto industry concerns about access to customer information.

(Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images)