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

Bitstamp to ‘Triple’ US Team as Number of New Customers Surges

The exchange will bolster its customer support and American headcount as U.S. crypto under management eclipses $1.1 billion.

Bitstamp CEO and founder Nejc Kodrič

Finance

EBay CEO Hints at Crypto Payments, NFT Sales

But don’t hold your breath: “We have no immediate plans,” a spokesperson said of crypto payments following Jamie Iannone’s appearance on CNBC.

Ebay Packing Tape

Finance

Soccer Player Ifunanyachi Achara the Latest Sports Pro to Take Salary in Bitcoin

The Nigeria-born Toronto FC forward sends some of his bitcoin home to help his family avoid surging inflation rates in Africa’s largest economy.

MLS player Ifunanyachi Achara,

Finance

Coinbase Debuts 'Buy With PayPal' Feature (but Read the Fine Print)

The integration could lead to massive, and avoidable, costs for users who don’t pay attention to Coinbase’s fee schedule.

Coinbase Global Debuts Initial Public Offering At Nasdaq MarketSite

Finance

Notional Raises $10M to Grow DeFi Lending Protocol With ‘Real World’ Potential

The Ethereum-based lending startup is seeing users take out crypto loans for more than just yield farming.

Jeff Wu (left) and Teddy Woodward (right), co-founders of Notional Finance

Markets

Bitcoiner Behind 20Mission Co-Living Space Tries Auctioning 75-Year San Francisco Lease as NFT

Some say the Bay Area housing market is a bubble. Others claim the NFT market is ready to pop. What happens when you combine them?

The exterior of Jered Kenna's 20Mission co-living space in San Francisco.

Finance

Volt Capital Unveils $10M Fund Backed by CMT Digital, Balaji Srinivasan

Soona Amhaz’s venture firm has been quietly making equity plays across the crypto space for seven months.

Volt Capital General Partner Soona Amhaz

Finance

Golden State Warriors Become First NBA Team to Issue NFT Set

NBA Top Shot sells digital basketball highlights but no franchise has offered its own team-licensed fare. Until now.

Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors stands on the Oakland logo at center court of the Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif.

Finance

Chiefs Tight End Sean Culkin to Convert Entire NFL Salary Into Bitcoin

The fifth-year player will use Zap’s Strike to take his entire base salary of $920,000 in what Culkin said was “the hardest form of currency.”

Sean Culkin played for the Los Angeles Chargers in 2019.