Nikhilesh De

Managing Editor, Global Policy & Regulation

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.

Latest from Nikhilesh De

Policy

Prosecutors Tell NY Court They Didn’t Renege on FTX Exec Ryan Salame’s Plea Deal

Salame and his lawyers knew his guilty plea would not resolve the criminal investigation into his partner, Michelle Bond, prosecutors told the judge.

Sep 6, 2024

Ryan Salame leaving a New York courthouse on Sept. 7, 2023. (Sam Kessler/CoinDesk)

News Analysis

A Crypto Project's Weird Marketing 'Hack' Riffed on Infamous 1987 Chicago TV Hijacking

Remember the Max Headroom incident? NEAR seems to.

Sep 5, 2024

Policy

Trump Promises to Embrace ‘Industries of the Future’ Including Crypto, AI

If elected, the former U.S. president has said he will install Elon Musk as head of a new government efficiency commission.

Sep 5, 2024

Former President Donald Trump made only a brief mention of crypto in an otherwise wide-ranging economic speech. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Policy

Robinhood's Former Ban on Crypto Withdrawals Draws $3.9M Settlement in California

The popular trading app's sunsetted ban on customer crypto withdrawals caught the ire of California's attorney general.

Sep 5, 2024

Policy

Kamala Harris Is Not Directly Accepting Crypto Donations, a PAC Is, Coinbase Says

A spokesperson for Coinbase said the Future Forward PAC, which is dedicated to supporting Kamala Harris, is accepting crypto donations, rather than her campaign directly.

Sep 4, 2024

A PAC supporting Kamala Harris' presidential campaign is accepting crypto donations via Coinbase. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Policy

Uniswap Labs Settles CFTC Charges Over 'Illegal' Margin Products

Uniswap will pay $175,000 to settle the charges.

Sep 4, 2024

Uniswap booth at ETHDenver 2023 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto-Fan Deaton Gets Chance to Battle Elizabeth Warren for U.S. Senate

John Deaton, a lawyer known as an advocate for crypto, dominated the Republican primary in Massachusetts, though beating Warren would be a Herculean task.

Sep 4, 2024

Noted crypto lawyer John Deaton won the Republican primary in Massachusetts to get a chance to face Sen. Elizabeth Warren in the general election. (Photo Illustration by Jesse Hamilton/courtesy of John Deaton for Senate, Boston Globe)

Finance

Trump Family Members Hacked to Promote Apparent Crypto Scam

The incident comes hours after CoinDesk revealed details of the crypto project the Trump family has recently touted.

Sep 4, 2024

Lara Trump's X account was hacked to promote an apparent crypto scam. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Policy

A U.S. Crypto Bill's 2024 Chances

Sen. Chuck Schumer promised a crypto bill would become law by the end of the year. How likely is that?

Aug 31, 2024

U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis and Tim Scott (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto Holders Disproportionately Favor Trump for U.S. President, New Academic Poll Shows

Donald Trump’s outreach to the crypto community seems to be paying off.

Aug 30, 2024

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