Nikhilesh De

Managing Editor, Global Policy & Regulation

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.

Latest from Nikhilesh De

Policy

In the Aftermath of Hack, Lawmakers Blame Twitter, Not Bitcoin

Lawmakers are calling on Twitter to answer for a hack that shook the platform, focusing on cybersecurity rather than scapegoating cryptocurrencies.

Jul 16, 2020

Markets

Twitter Hack: Chainalysis and CipherTrace Confirm FBI Investigation

The FBI is investigating Wednesday’s Twitter hack, Chainalysis and CipherTrace confirm.

Jul 16, 2020

Markets

Obama, Biden, Netanyahu, Musk: Here's a List of Every Hacked Twitter Account

Twitter got hacked. Prominent users are shilling sketchy crypto addresses. Here's a list of victims.

Jul 15, 2020

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey (U.S. House of Representatives)

Policy

Even the IRS Admits Some Crypto Tax Regulations Are 'Not Ideal'

Have questions about filing your crypto taxes? CoinDesk dives into what we know (and what we don’t) about how the IRS is approaching the asset class.

Jul 14, 2020

The IRS plans to publish additional guidance around cryptocurrencies, with the next document addressing information reporting. (Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)

Markets

Circle Confirms Freezing $100K in USDC at Law Enforcement's Request

CENTRE froze $100,000 in USDC in response to a request from law enforcement, the group said Wednesday.

Jul 8, 2020

Finance

ConsenSys, Polychain, Tron, CipherTrace: Blockchain Startups Got $30M+ in US 'PPP' Bailout Loans

At least 45 crypto and blockchain startups, ranging from Bittrex to the Electric Coin Company, received U.S. Paycheck Protection Program loans, new filings show.

Jul 6, 2020

Administrator Jovita Carranza took over the SBA this year. (Tia Dufour/White House/Small Business Administration)

Markets

IOTA Foundation Enters Base Layer Race With '2.0' Testnet

IOTA's new testnet addresses the technical feature that nuked the blockchain-like network for nearly two weeks earlier this year.

Jul 1, 2020

Markets

Senate Banking Committee Remains Open to Idea of Digital Dollar in Tuesday's Hearing

While not every lawmaker was on board with the idea of a central bank digital currency during a Senate Banking Committee hearing Tuesday, no one explicitly rejected it either.

Jul 1, 2020

U.S. Senator Mike Crapo discussed stablecoins in his opening remarks during a hearing on digitizing money Tuesday. (Chief Mass Communication Specialist F. Julian Carroll/Wikimedia Commons)

Policy

Witnesses Will Vouch for Stablecoins, Digital Dollars in US Senate Hearing Tuesday

Witnesses will discuss stablecoins and tokenized dollars during Tuesday's Senate Banking hearing on the digitization of money.

Jun 30, 2020

Christopher Giancarlo (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

Mapping the Future of the SEC (There's a Nonzero Chance Hester Peirce Takes Over)

The future of the U.S.’s federal securities regulator, and perhaps the direction of cryptocurrency policy, is up in the air. We game out the scenarios.

Jun 26, 2020

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