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

Biden Administration to Congress: Put Stablecoins Under Federal Supervision – Or We Will

If U.S. lawmakers don’t act, regulators have the authority to take their own measures, according to the long-awaited report from the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets.

Nov 1, 2021

LEGISLATE, PLEASE: “The current regulatory framework isn’t set up to address some of the new kinds of risks that [stablecoins] could pose,” says Treasury Under Secretary Nellie Liang. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ Act Would Close Crypto Tax Loophole

The provision adds cryptocurrency transactions to constructive sale rules under the tax code.

Oct 28, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Policy

CFTC Should Be Crypto’s ‘Primary Cop,’ Acting Chairman Says

Rostin Behnam points to enforcement actions the agency has already taken.

Oct 27, 2021

Acting CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (left), Fed Chair Jerome Powell and FDIC Chair Jelena McWilliams (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Direxion Files for Short Bitcoin Futures ETF

Investment firms are getting creative after last week’s watershed bitcoin ETF launch.

Oct 26, 2021

Policy

Everyone Wants Crypto Regulations – On Their Terms

The industry is speaking, but lawmakers may not be listening.

Oct 26, 2021

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

What I Learned About Crypto Regulation From a Week in DC

Crypto has arrived in the capital and concerns about stablecoins are very real. Nikhilesh De, CoinDesk’s managing editor for global policy and regulation, takes stock.

Oct 21, 2021