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.

Nikhilesh De

Latest from Nikhilesh De


Patakaran

Crypto Lobbyist Group Blockchain Association Asks Court for Permission to Support Ripple Against SEC Case

The Internet Choice Advocates Network and SpendTheBits also filed amicus briefs.

Blockchain Association Executive Director Kristin Smith (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Patakaran

Reading Elon’s Tea Leaves

Musk took over Twitter. We still don’t know what that actually means for free speech.

(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Patakaran

Foreign Exchange Transactions Take Center Stage in New BIS CBDC Report

The Bank for International Settlements tested its mBridge project for foreign exchange transactions.

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China was one of 20 commercial banks trialing foreign exchange payments as part of Project mBridge. (Vincent Isore/IP3/Getty Images)

Patakaran

Chinese Intelligence Officers Used Bitcoin in Scheme to Undermine Investigation, US Officials Allege

The two officers tried bribing a U.S. law enforcement official with $61,000 in bitcoin to help support what appears to be Huawei.

Guochun He, left, and Zheng Wang are accused of attempting to obstruct a U.S. investigation. (Justice Department)

Advertisement

Patakaran

Court Refuses to Dismiss 'Insider-Trading' Case Against Former OpenSea Exec

Nate Chastain, who was head of product at the NFT marketplace, was indicted in June.

An indictment of a former exec can proceed (Midjourney/CoinDesk)

Patakaran

Hodlonaut Wins Norwegian Lawsuit Against Self-Proclaimed ‘Satoshi’ Craig Wright

In her ruling, Judge Helen Engebrigtsen wrote that “Granath had sufficient factual grounds to claim that Wright had lied and cheated in his attempt to prove that he is Satoshi Nakamoto.”

Hodlonaut, who sued Craig Wright in Norway and won. (Trevor Jones for CoinDesk)

Patakaran

US Alleges 5 Russian Nationals Used Crypto as Part of Sanctions Evasion, Smuggling Scheme

Defendants allegedly laundered "millions of dollars" using Tether.

(Shutterstock)

Patakaran

How Crypto Advocates Are Defending Ooki DAO

The case seemed bound to reach one specific conclusion, but not anymore!

(Jan Huber/Unsplash)

Advertisement

Pananalapi

Effort to Reverse SEC Rejection of Bitcoin ETF Wins Broad Crypto, TradFi Support

Regulators rebuffed Grayscale's attempt to convert its bitcoin trust into an ETF. Grayscale has powerful allies as it seeks to overturn that decision.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk archives)

Patakaran

DAOs Aren't People, Crypto Lawyers Tell Court in CFTC's Ooki Case

The CFTC should serve the people it believes are responsible for Ooki DAO's alleged violations rather than the DAO itself, LeXpunK Army argued Monday.

Attorney Stephen Palley, who co-authored an amicus brief arguing the CFTC should identify and serve the members of Ooki DAO rather than serve the DAO as an entity online. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)