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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Policy

South Africa’s Crypto Firms Will Soon Need to Apply for Registration or Face a Heavy Fine

Continuing operations without applying for registration in the designated time period could lead to a $510,000 fine or imprisonment, the government has said.

South Africa Flag (Den Harrson/Unsplash)

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DeSantis: ‘Bitcoin Represents a Threat to the Current Regime’

Florida’s governor and the Republican Party’s latest leadership candidate talked crypto and central bank digital currencies in a Twitter space with Elon Musk.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ' departure from the presidential campaign field likely means less crypto talk in the 2024 election. (CoinDesk screen grab from governor's office video)

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Excavating the Truth Around the Bitcoin Mining Discourse

CoinDesk went to Greenidge Generation to see if testimony and online conversations accurately captured the impact it had on the environment. The reality on the ground was far more nuanced than the discourse suggested.

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Crypto Execs Give Washington Influence Another Go With FTX Anchor Around Necks

Without mentioning the sector’s disastrous 2022, including the wide-ranging crypto political donations that turned sour, the leaders of Coinbase and Messari are at it again.

CEO de Coinbase, Brian Armstrong. (Captura de pantalla de CoinDesk con la autorización de Coinbase)

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Montenegro High Court Says No Bail for Terra's Do Kwon in Fake Passport Case: Bloomberg

Prosecutors appealed a previous decision by a lower court in the country to let the disgraced founder go free while he faced trial.

Terra founder Do Kwon (Terra)

Policy

The Bitcoin Mining Debate Is Ignoring the People Most Affected

Snowballing misinformation has painted an inaccurate and incomplete portrait of a complicated industry – and that is having a real impact on policy.

Dresden Mayor Bill Hall (Doreen Wang/CoinDesk)

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Binance Blasts 'Desperate' Reuters Report It Commingled Customer and Company Funds

"We’ve addressed this on multiple occasions. We keep our user and corporate funds on completely separate ledgers," Patrick Hillmann, Binance's chief communications officer tweeted on Tuesday, though he did not outright deny the report's claims.

Patrick Hillmann, chief communications officer (Binance)

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U.S. Treasury Sanctions North Korean-Owned Binance Wallets; Says Entities Used Funds to Support WMD Programs

The Binance-hosted wallets received more than $2 million worth of various cryptocurrencies that were then sent on to North Korean entities, OFAC alleged

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

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Core Scientific Hopes to Emerge from Bankruptcy by September, Lawyers Say

The crypto miner’s creditors have grown increasingly impatient with the firm’s efforts to formulate a restructuring plan.

Core Scientific's Marble facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)

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UK Will Need New Laws to Accommodate Future Digital Pound, Lawyers Say

Should the country decide to issue a CBDC, existing data protection, security and anti-money laundering rules would need amending, said Louise Abbott, partner at Keystone Law.

Union Jack Flag with gavel (Peter Dazeley/Getty Images)