Danny Nelson

Danny was 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.

Danny Nelson

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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.

Finance

JPMorgan to Let Clients Invest in Bitcoin Fund for First Time: Sources

The JPMorgan bitcoin fund could roll out as soon as this summer with NYDIG as the fund’s custody provider.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon

Policy

SEC Begins Official Review of Kryptoin Bitcoin ETF Application

The U.S. regulator is now weighing three different bitcoin ETF bids.

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler

Markets

Bitwise’s Flagship Fund Seeks SEC Reporting Status

If it succeeds, Bitwise would join Grayscale as the only crypto fund issuers to register their products as a public reporting company.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan

Finance

Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Fund Draws $29.4M in 2 Weeks, Filings Show

Morgan Stanley’s new bitcoin product is already one of the largest funds of its kind by investor count.

Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman

Finance

BitGo Will Custody Crypto for US Marshals Service in $4.5M Deal

The custodian will manage potentially tens of millions of dollars in seized cryptocurrencies, according to documents published Wednesday.

BitGo crop