Danny Nelson

Danny is CoinDesk's managing editor for Data & Tokens. He formerly ran investigations for the Tufts Daily. At CoinDesk, his beats include (but are not limited to): federal policy, regulation, securities law, exchanges, the Solana ecosystem, smart money doing dumb things, dumb money doing smart things and tungsten cubes. He owns BTC, ETH and SOL tokens, as well as the LinksDAO NFT.

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Finance

Polkadot-Based Derivatives Exchange Raises $6.4M at $50M Valuation

Su Zhu’s Three Arrows co-led the funding round for dTrade. The project looks to decentralize crypto derivatives trading.

dTrade co-founders Niko Grzesiak, Rabeel Jawaid and Zabi Mohebzada

Finance

Crypto App Alice Raises $2M for US-Centric Terra DeFi Portal

Backed by Arrington Capital, the app will try to replicate host blockchain Terra’s South Korea successes in the U.S.

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Markets

MicroStrategy Keeps Buying Bitcoin, Adds Another $15M

CEO Michael Saylor continues policy of buying the crypto asset at set intervals.

Michael Saylor, CEO de MicroStrategy.

Finance

Elon Musk Says Tesla Is Suspending Bitcoin Payments Over Environmental Concerns

However, Tesla will not be selling any of its bitcoin anytime soon.

Tesla

Finance

Lubin, ConsenSys Vets Raising $75M Venture Fund, Documents Show

Ethereal Ventures has already started joining investments in early-stage blockchain startups. Other details are sparse.

Joseph Lubin, a co-founder of Ethereum and the CEO of ConsenSys, speaks at SXSW 2019.

Finance

DAO Raises $7M to Acquire and Fractionalize NFT Collections

JennyDAO wants to make rare non-fungibles more accessible for backers big and small.

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Finance

MoneyGram to Allow Bitcoin Buying and Selling Across Retail Network

The money transfer company will debut cash-for-bitcoin trades at 12,000 locations after linking up with Coinme.

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Markets

SEC Staff Calls Bitcoin ‘Highly Speculative,’ Hints at ETF Skepticism

SEC staff intend to determine whether the "bitcoin futures market could accommodate ETFs," the note said.

SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission

Finance

Peter Thiel’s Palantir Now Accepts Bitcoin Payments, ‘Thinking’ About Treasury Investment

In a Tuesday earnings call, CFO Dave Glazer said bitcoin on the balance sheet is “definitely on the table.”

Peter Thiel, co-founder and chairman of Palantir Technologies