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

Judge Approved Blockchain Association’s Brief in Kik Case Despite SEC Objections

U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein allowed the Blockchain Association to file a brief in the SEC v. Kik case a day after the regulator filed an objection to letting the group comment.

SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission

Markets

New York Regulator Hires Former IRS Silk Road Investigator as General Counsel

The New York Department of Financial Services has appointed former IRS Criminal Investigations head Richard Weber as its new general counsel.

wallst

Markets

Cross-Border Payment Portal Checkout.com Is Latest to Join Libra Association

Checkout.com, a digital payment processor that focuses on cross-border transactions, has become the 24th member of the Libra Association.

Checkout.com was founded in 2009, and focuses on cross-border payments. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Markets

SEC, Kik Continue Court Clash Over $100M Kin Token Sale

The SEC and Kik doubled down on their respective views of whether the 2017 KIN token sale was a securities transaction in new legal filings published late Friday.

The Kin cryptocurrrency was launched by the social media app Kik back in 2017. (Sharaf Maksumov / Shutterstock)

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Markets

US Authorities Freeze COVID-19 Website Alleged Scammer Tried to Sell for Bitcoin

The U.S. departments of Justice and Homeland Security seized coronaprevention.org after its owner allegedly tried to sell it for $500 in bitcoin.

The homepage on coronaprevention.org now displays a banner saying it was seized by the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Justice. (Credit: Coronaprevention.org)

Markets

Bakkt CEO Mike Blandina Steps Down 4 Months After Taking Role

Mike Blandina, Bakkt’s CEO since December 2019, will be stepping down from the role, CoinDesk has learned.

Bakkt President Adam White

Markets

Openfinance Warns It Will Delist All Security Tokens Without New Funds

Openfinance says it will delist all security tokens next month if it cannot secure enough fees from issuers to cover operating costs.

FINRA (Credit: Andriy Blokhin / Shutterstock)

Finance

Diem's Demise: A Timeline of Libra's Long Road From a Facebook Lab to the Global Stage

A detailed chronology of Libra's journey from a skunkworks inside Facebook to a potential global monetary game-changer to a shadow of its former self.

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Markets

Ripple Sues YouTube for Allowing 'Scams' That Promise Free XRP

Ripple Labs and CEO Brad Garlinghouse are suing YouTube over allegations that the video streaming giant has failed to police its platform against fake XRP giveaway scams, resulting in monetary damage to users and reputational harm to Ripple.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse

Markets

CFTC Approves Bitnomial to Offer Futures Contracts Settled in Real Bitcoin

The CFTC has approved Bitnomial Exchange to offer margined bitcoin futures and options contracts.

CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert (Credit: CoinDesk archives)