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

EU Regulator Urges Nations to Ensure Compliance with Stablecoin Rules Soon

The European Union's European Securities and Markets Authority wants nations in the EU to make sure that exchanges are complying with its stablecoin rules.

Jan 21, 2025

EU flag and other flags (Yuedongzi CHAI/ Unsplash)

Markets

Investment Management Firms Want to Bring Trump Coin to Institutions With a New ETF

The memecoin, which was launched by the President on Friday, saw its price plummet nearly 26% over the past 24 hours.

Jan 21, 2025

Finance

Circle Enters Tokenization Race by Acquiring Hashnote, $1.3B Real-World Asset Issuer

Circle also said it will bring the $48 billion USDC stablecoin to the Canton Network and struck a partnership with crypto market maker Cumberland DRW to provide liquidity for USDC and USYC tokens.

Jan 21, 2025

Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitstamp to Roll Out Regulated Derivatives Trading in Europe: Sources

Leveraging its MiFID credentials, Bitstamp is preparing a regulated perpetual swap offering.

Jan 21, 2025

Policy

It's Official: Gary Gensler Is Out at the SEC, and Crypto-Friendly Mark Uyeda Is In

President Donald Trump has elevated Republican Commissioner Mark Uyeda to take over the SEC from a now-departed Gary Gensler.

Jan 20, 2025

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler says the agency's court loss led to bitcoin ETF approvals. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Investor Arthur Hayes Doubts Trump Will Get Around to Doing a Bitcoin Reserve

"I don't know how borrowing money to buy bitcoin helps on any of Trump's platforms," Hayes said.

Jan 20, 2025

Arthur Hayes, CIO, Maelstrom, pictured at CfC St. Moritz 2025 (CfC St. Moritz)

Markets

Solana, Trump Memecoins Tumble as Inauguration Day Brings $700M in Crypto Liquidations

Donald Trump did not mention crypto during his inauguration speech, leaving crypto traders' heightened expectations somewhat unfulfilled.

Jan 20, 2025

Policy

U.S. CFTC Commissioner Caroline Pham Gets Trump Nod as Acting Chair

The Republican commissioner and former Citibank executive has a deep background in crypto and has worked on digital assets policy aims at the agency.

Jan 20, 2025

Commissioner Caroline Pham is proposing a crypto regulation pilot program at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Cheyenne Ligon/CoinDesk)

Policy

Binance’s Tigran Gambaryan: ‘It Would Be an Honor to Serve My Country Again’

Gambaryan has been recommended for several high profile crypto crime fighting roles by people associated with the Bitcoin 2024 event in Nashville, which Donald Trump attended.

Jan 20, 2025

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)

Policy

UK Appoints Emma Reynolds as Economic Secretary to Oversee Crypto

Emma Reynolds was appointed as the new economic secretary following the resignation of Tulip Siddiq.

Jan 15, 2025

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