Nikhilesh De

Nikhilesh De is CoinDesk's managing editor for global policy and regulation, covering regulators, lawmakers and institutions. When he's not reporting on digital assets and policy, he can be found admiring Amtrak or building LEGO trains. He owns < $50 in BTC and < $20 in ETH. He was named the Association of Cryptocurrency Journalists and Researchers' Journalist of the Year in 2020.

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Markets

An SEC Victory in Ripple Case Would Render XRP 'Untradeable,' Market Pros Say

Already, CrossTower, a small exchange that opened in June, has delisted the cryptocurrency.

Is this the future of the market for XRP?

Policy

Ripple CEO Warns SEC May Sue Company Over XRP Sales

"It’s an attack on the entire crypto industry and American innovation," Brad Garlinghouse said in a statement.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse

Policy

US Floats Long-Dreaded Plan to Make Crypto Exchanges Identify Personal Wallets

FinCEN has proposed requiring exchanges to collect and report KYC information on unhosted wallets for transactions up to $10,000.

Treasury Secretary
Steven T. Mnuchin

Policy

Coinbase Going Public Could Let the SEC Dictate Which Tokens Get Listed

The SEC could use its approval power over stock market listings to dictate which tokens crypto exchanges like Coinbase can list as they seek to go public.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Policy

CFTC's Latest Crypto Primer Highlights DeFi, Governance

Decentralized finance and crypto governance are among a growing list of topics the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is watching in the digital asset space, it said in a new primer.

cftc

Policy

FinCEN Encourages Banks to Share Customer Information With Each Other

The guidance is apt to chafe privacy advocates, inside and outside the crypto space, who are already uneasy about the honeypot that FinCEN’s suspicious activity report database has become.

FinCEN director Kenneth Blanco

Policy

Virgil Griffith Still Doesn’t Know What Exact Crimes He Is Accused of, Attorneys Say

Attorneys for Virgil Griffith want the U.S. government to specify the charges he’s facing rather than a broad claim that he violated U.S. sanctions.

Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith is accused of violating U.S. sanctions law.

Policy

Crypto-Friendly CFTC Chairman Tarbert Intends to Resign 'Early Next Year'

CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert intends to leave the role early in 2021, opening the door for President-elect Joe Biden to name a new top commodities regulator.

CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert

Policy

US Lawmakers Tell Mnuchin to Back Off From Potential Crypto Wallet Regs

Reps. Warren Davidson, Tom Emmer, Ted Budd and Scott Perry urged Steven Mnuchin to rethink his rumored self-hosted wallet regulations in an open letter Wednesday that warned such rules might "crush a nascent industry."

U.S. Rep. Warren Davidson

Policy

Paxos Becomes Latest Crypto Firm to File for Federal Bank Charter

Paxos has filed to become a federally regulated bank with the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, joining BitPay and Anchorage.

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