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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Do Kwon: ‘I Am Heartbroken’ Over Pain Caused by UST Collapse

The admission comes after the stunning demise of the Terra blockchain’s flagship project.

“I still believe that decentralized economies deserve decentralized money – but it is clear that $UST in its current form will not be that money,” Kwon tweeted.(Dhaval Parmar/Unsplash/Photomosh)

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LUNA, UST Issuer Terra Restarts Blockchain After Brief Shutdown

The price of LUNA fell too low to prevent governance attacks, Terraform Labs tweeted when it announced the network had been halted.

“When the market takes a downturn, a lot of those highly volatile crypto assets will be sold off for UST and then staked in Anchor for a savings account,” says Do Kwon, a cofounder of Terraform Labs

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Regulators Should Pay Attention to UST

A stablecoin de-pegged. People lost money. It ain’t great.

(Paulo Calheiros/Unsplash)

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US Officials Add North Korea-Linked Bitcoin Mixer, More BTC and ETH Addresses to Sanctions List

The U.S. Treasury Department is ramping up efforts to ice the flow of stolen crypto from a historic $620 million hack.

(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Valkyrie’s Bitcoin Futures ETF Gets SEC Approval, Following Teucrium Nod

The approval came as the firm used a different exchange act application, which also helped Teucrium get the green light for a similar product.

Valkyrie has filed for a bitcoin futures ETF.

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Who’s Surprised by the SEC’s ‘Power Grab?’

Events from the past week show why regulatory agencies might want more oversight over crypto.

(Jose Antonio Gallego Vázquez/Unsplash)

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US Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Give CFTC Crypto Spot Market Oversight

The Digital Commodity Exchange Act would give the regulator direct oversight of some types of crypto transactions and exchanges.

Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) (Astrid Riecken/Getty Images)

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New York State Assembly Passes Bill Blocking New Crypto Mines That Use Non-Renewable Power

The bill will impose a two-year moratorium on new crypto mining firms that use a carbon-based energy source. Existing facilities aren't affected, nor are any that tap renewable resources.

Cryptocurrency mining rigs sit on racks. (James MacDonald/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Elon Musk Wants to Authenticate Every Twitter User. Crypto Twitter Should Take Notice

Twitter’s soon-to-be owner says he wants to “authenticate” all humans, but did not say what that actually means.

Elon Musk (Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

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US Treasury Sanctions More North Korea-Linked ETH Wallets Over $600M Ronin Hack

The three new wallets join an Ethereum address added to the sanctions list last week.

(CoinDesk)