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

State of Crypto: Someone Tried to Scam Me (Probably)

I got a call from someone claiming to represent Coinbase, wanting to help me secure my account.

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Policy

Trump's Memecoin Dinner Questioned by Top Democrat on House Judiciary Committee

Jamie Raskin, the ranking Democrat on the House panel overseeing the legal system, asked the president to produce the guest list of his private event.

President Donald Trump (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Judge Declines to Order DOJ to Review Records in Roman Storm Case

The Tornado Cash developer is slated to go on trial later this summer.

Tornado Cash's Roman Storm, second from left, and his legal team – Brian Klein (left), Keri Axel and Kevin Casey – outside court in New York. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

News Analysis

Crypto Staking Doesn't Violate U.S. Securities Law, SEC Says

The SEC's latest staff statement addresses crypto staking, though it noted that it was not binding guidance.

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Policy

Fastex Expands U.S. Presence With Los Angeles Office

In an interview with CoinDesk, Fastex’s chief legal officer said that the crypto regulatory shift under President Donald Trump has made it possible for the exchange to expand in the U.S.

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Markets

Strategy Chair Michael Saylor Shares ‘21 Ways to Wealth’ in Vegas Keynote

“Satoshi started a fire in cyberspace, and while the fearful run from it and fools dance around it, the faithful feed the flame, dreaming of a better world, and bathe in the warm glow of cyberlight,” Saylor said.

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Policy

Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht to Bitcoiners: ‘Freedom is Worth the Struggle’

Ulbright told the crowd a story from his youth about killing wasps in order to illustrate his point that, without unity and decentralization, there is no freedom.

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Policy

Suspects in Manhattan Crypto Kidnapping, Torture Case Plead Not Guilty as Investigation Widens

William Duplessie, 33, and John Woeltz, 37, have been accused of holding a 28-year-old Italian man hostage for over two weeks and torturing him in an attempt to steal his bitcoin.

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Policy

SEC Files to Dismiss Long-Running Lawsuit Against Binance

The SEC sued Binance in June 2023, but moved to pause the case after Donald Trump retook the Oval Office.

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Policy

Nigel Farage Vows to Establish BTC Reserve and Pass Pro-Crypto Legislation Once in Government

“We are going to launch, in Britain, a crypto revolution. We’re going to make London one of the major trading centers of the world,” Farage said.

Nigel Farage (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)