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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Markets

Bitcoin Mining Startup Sangha Sees $42M Revenue as It Breaks Ground on West Texas Pilot Project

The firm expects its 19.9 MW bitcoin mine to be running by the end of July.

The Sangha Renewables team (Credit: Sangha)

Policy

SEC Charges Unicoin, Top Executives With $100M ‘Massive Securities Fraud’

Unicoin’s CEO announced last month that he’d rejected the SEC’s offer to negotiate a settlement.

Unicoin CEO Alex Konanykhin (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Apex Group Buys Majority Stake in Tokenization Specialist Tokeny as RWA Trend Soars

Apex Group said it plans to fold Tokeny’s team and tech into its services as it pushes tokenized finance to the mainstream.

Buildings are some the assets ready to be tokenized, say advocates for tokenization.

Policy

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Is Creating a Crypto Advisory Council

"We want to use technology of tomorrow to better serve New Yorkers today," said the mayor at a summit on Tuesday.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams

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Policy

Milei Closes Down LIBRA Investigative Unit After It Shares Findings With Prosecutors

The country's Department of Justice claims the investigative unit has fulfilled its purpose.

President of Argentina Javier Milei (Photo by Tomas Cuesta/Getty Images)

Policy

Senate Advances Stablecoin Bill, Clearing the Way for Final Passage

At least 60 Senators voted in favor of the GENIUS Act on Monday night.

Sen. Bill Hagerty, who spearheaded the GENIUS Act. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for 137 Ventures/Founders Fund/Jacob Helberg )

Policy

Senate Dems Gear Up Resistance Ahead of Crucial Stablecoin Bill 'Cloture' Vote

The U.S. Senate is poised to try another high-stakes procedural vote to push stablecoin legislation forward, which could mark a major win for the crypto sector.

Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (left) and Cynthia Lummis (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

Binance's Former Russia Head, Blum Co-Founder Arrested in Connection to Fraud Case

Smerkis worked for Binance from 2022 for just under two years.

Russia, Moscow Ruslan Gibadullin / Unsplash

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Policy

Roman Storm's Defense Team Wants to Know if DOJ Withheld Evidence

Storm's attorneys filed a letter Friday asking a judge to order prosecutors to review their records.

Tornado Cash's Roman Storm, second from left, and his legal team – Brian Klein (left), Keri Axel and Kevin Casey – outside court in New York. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

State of Crypto: Consensus Toronto 2025 Reg Highlights

Thousands of crypto folks descended upon Canada to talk shop.

White House