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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Regulación

The Crypto Industry Remains Mostly Unengaged in Election 2020

The cryptocurrency industry did not get heavily engaged in this year’s election, either via donations or lobbying.

The crypto industry has avoided engaging in election 2020, for the most part.

Regulación

Election 2020: What’s at Stake for the Crypto Industry

While neither major Presidential candidate is campaigning on a crypto platform, who they appoint to head up federal agencies will shape policy for years to come.

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Regulación

Ethereum Dev Virgil Griffith's Attorney Files Motion to Dismiss Charges of Aiding North Korea

The motion, filed by Brian Klein, claims the indictment of Griffith doesn't "specify any alleged overt facts," and contains no actual allegation of fact.

Virgil Griffith

Regulación

US Moves to Cast a Wider Net for Catching Money Launderers, Crypto or Otherwise

The Fed and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network want to lower the threshold for reporting financial transactions and make sure crypto is included.

caphill

Publicidad

Regulación

DOJ’s Crypto Framework Is ‘a Complete Disaster’ for Digital Privacy Rights

The U.S. Department of Justice's enforcement framework may pose a serious threat to the digital privacy rights of crypto users.

The DOJ's crypto enforcement framework takes aim at privacy coins and anonymity-enhancing services like mixers.

Mercados

Kik Must Pay SEC $5M, Judge Rules, Ending Yearlong Battle Over $100M ICO

Kik will pay $5 million in penalties as part of a proposed settlement with the SEC, which sued the messaging app last year.

Kik CEO Ted Livingston

Regulación

Major Meeting of Central Banks Produces Same Old 'Evaluating' CBDCs Refrain

CBDCs continue to draw attention from central bankers, but panelists at an IMF event – including the Federal Reserve – do not expect to see their nations launch one soon.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell

Regulación

IMF Says CBDCs Have Potential, but Don't Solve Every Issue

Countries might benefit from issuing central bank digital currencies, but they’re not a panacea for every ailment, a new IMF report says.

IMF logo (World Bank/Flickr)

Publicidad

Mercados

Immutable Calls: AP Election 2020 Results Will Be Recorded on a Blockchain

The Associated Press’s (AP) 2020 election results will be recorded on Everipedia’s EOS-based blockchain network, a first for the nearly 200-year-old news agency.

The Associated Press will call some 7,000 races in the 2020 elections. Everipedia will record these calls on its network.

Regulación

CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert Talks Ethereum, DeFi and the Next BitMEX

Ethereum's upcoming proof-of-stake shift won't necessarily put the world's second-largest cryptocurrency into the securities bucket, the chairman of the CFTC said Wednesday.

CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert, right, speaks to CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael Casey at Invest:NYC 2019.