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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Chinese Intelligence Officers Used Bitcoin in Scheme to Undermine Investigation, US Officials Allege

The two officers tried bribing a U.S. law enforcement official with $61,000 in bitcoin to help support what appears to be Huawei.

Guochun He, left, and Zheng Wang are accused of attempting to obstruct a U.S. investigation. (Justice Department)

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Court Refuses to Dismiss 'Insider-Trading' Case Against Former OpenSea Exec

Nate Chastain, who was head of product at the NFT marketplace, was indicted in June.

An indictment of a former exec can proceed (Midjourney/CoinDesk)

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Hodlonaut Wins Norwegian Lawsuit Against Self-Proclaimed ‘Satoshi’ Craig Wright

In her ruling, Judge Helen Engebrigtsen wrote that “Granath had sufficient factual grounds to claim that Wright had lied and cheated in his attempt to prove that he is Satoshi Nakamoto.”

Hodlonaut, who sued Craig Wright in Norway and won. (Trevor Jones for CoinDesk)

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US Alleges 5 Russian Nationals Used Crypto as Part of Sanctions Evasion, Smuggling Scheme

Defendants allegedly laundered "millions of dollars" using Tether.

(Shutterstock)

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How Crypto Advocates Are Defending Ooki DAO

The case seemed bound to reach one specific conclusion, but not anymore!

(Jan Huber/Unsplash)

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Effort to Reverse SEC Rejection of Bitcoin ETF Wins Broad Crypto, TradFi Support

Regulators rebuffed Grayscale's attempt to convert its bitcoin trust into an ETF. Grayscale has powerful allies as it seeks to overturn that decision.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk archives)

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DAOs Aren't People, Crypto Lawyers Tell Court in CFTC's Ooki Case

The CFTC should serve the people it believes are responsible for Ooki DAO's alleged violations rather than the DAO itself, LeXpunK Army argued Monday.

Attorney Stephen Palley, who co-authored an amicus brief arguing the CFTC should identify and serve the members of Ooki DAO rather than serve the DAO as an entity online. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Venture Capital Fund Paradigm Also Wants CFTC to Serve Ooki DAO's Members

Paradigm has become the third entity to try and join the Ooki DAO case, arguing the CFTC should identify and serve its lawsuit against individual members rather than the DAO as a whole.

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Exchange FTX US Under Investigation by Texas Regulator Over Securities Allegations

The state securities regulator's director said he set up a yield-bearing account on FTX US, despite identifying his address as being located within the U.S.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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What the Regulators Said at DC Fintech Week

A number of high-profile regulators weighed in on crypto and related issues.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)