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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Markets

Kraken Considering a Stock Market Debut Next Year: Report

Competitors Coinbase and eToro are already barreling toward multi-billion dollar listings on the public markets.

Kraken CEO Jesse Powell

Finance

Post Malone to Mix NFTs, Experiences in Revamped Music Streaming Platform

Malone and producer Dre London are bringing Fyooz NFTs to their AUX Live streaming site as the NFT arms race heats up.

Post Malone onstage at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards.

Markets

Quarterback Patrick Mahomes Joins Gronk in NFL Blitz of NFT Mania

The former league MVP follows fellow NFL player Rob Gronkowski in minting digital sports collectibles on the blockchain.

Patrick Mahomes

Markets

Institutional Crypto Startup FalconX Raises $50M in Round Led by Tiger, B Capital

FalconX is among the "white glove" crypto startups eager to cater to an institutional base.

falcon

Markets

Binance Has No Plans to Go Public, CZ Says

CEO Changpeng Zhao said the world's largest crypto exchange is happy with its status as a private company.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao

Markets

JPMorgan's New Crypto Bond 'Not for the Faint of Heart,' Former Star Analyst Hintz Says

Brad Hintz, a former star Sanford Bernstein analyst, Morgan Stanley treasurer and Lehman Brothers CFO, explains the risks in the fine print.

NYU Adjunct Professor Brad Hintz, a retired star Sanford Bernstein analyst, former Morgan Stanley treasurer and Lehman Brothers CFO, says there are lot of risks in JPMorgan's new "structured note" focused on cryptocurrency-related stocks.

Finance

JPMorgan to Launch 'Cryptocurrency Exposure Basket' of Bitcoin Proxy Stocks

The debt instrument would lean heavily on MicroStrategy, Square and Riot Blockchain stocks.

JPMorgan Trading-Floor Staff Return To Office

Finance

Galaxy's Institutional Ethereum Funds Raise $32M at Launch – From a Select Few

Five investors have put money into the funds since Galaxy unveiled them in late January, SEC documents show.

Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz