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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Policy

NY Attorney General Moves to Shut Down Crypto App Coinseed Over Fraud Claims

The action follows allegations of fraud against the app in February.

New York State Attorney General Letitia James

Finance

Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Taps NYDIG as Bitcoin ETF Custodian, Documents Show

New SEC filings reveal NYDIG has been picked for SkyBridge's pending bitcoin ETF application.

Anthony Scaramucci, founder of SkyBridge Capital

Finance

Upshot’s NFT Appraisal Protocol Nabs $7.5M From CoinFund, Framework

The peer prediction startup is trying to add some nuance to the wildly-priced world of NFT valuation.

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Finance

E-Commerce Giant MercadoLibre Discloses $7.8M Bitcoin Buy

The Latin American retailer said the purchase was in the last quarter.

A MercadoLibre distribution center

Markets

Coin Metrics Closes $15M Funding Round Led by Goldman

Goldman's global head of digital assets is joining the company's board.

Seed funding

Finance

New York Giants Ink Sponsorship Deal With Grayscale in NFL First

The tie-up also involves “educational seminars on cryptocurrencies for Giants personnel.”

Giants Chief Commercial Officer Pete Guelli (left) and Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein

Finance

Lightweight Mina Blockchain Raises $18.7M in CoinList Token Sale

The project had designated 7.5% of all available MINA for the sale. It was gone in four hours.

O(1) Labs staffers

Policy

New York Bill Would Freeze Bitcoin Miners Pending Environmental Review

The new legislation seeks to counter an industry that critics blast as detrimental to New York’s decarbonization goals.

Inside the New York State Capitol in Albany, N.Y.

Finance

Multicoin Raises $100M for New Crypto Venture Fund

The Texas-based crypto investment firm has lined up another nine-figure venture fund in its search for explosive blockchain startups.

Multicoin Capital managing partner Tushar Jain (center) speaks at Consensus 2019.

Finance

S&P Goes Live With Bitcoin, Ethereum Crypto Indexes

The financial data giant has launched its first three crypto index products.

The S&P Bitcoin Index went live on Monday.