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

BIS Researchers Grapple With Implications of Interoperable CBDCs

Central bank digital currencies would largely benefit countries if they work together to eliminate traditional banking frictions, a research note said.

globeshadow

Finance

Even NYC's Highfalutin Guggenheim Museum Is Looking at NFTs, Job Posting Suggests

A call for MBA interns asks: "How will blockchain and crypto currency [sic] change how a museum defines its collection strategy?"

New York's Guggenheim Museum

Tech

This Casino in Decentraland Is Hiring (for Real)

Decentraland’s Tominoya Casino is paying real people to staff the virtual pit in a job that game developers usually reserve for bots.

A peek inside the casino.

Finance

Lindsay Lohan Partners With Justin Sun to Release NFTs on Tron

The auction comes during the technology’s seemingly overnight transformation into a fascination of the investing world.

Lindsay Lohan

Finance

Ether Cards Banks $3.7M in Presale of ‘Supercharged’ NFTs

“What you can do right now with NFTs is you can buy, you can sell and you can hold. And I think we can do better than that.”

Ether Cards

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