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

Senator Lummis Calls Biden 'Legitimate' US President

Lummis was one of just eight Senate Republicans to vote against certifying Presidet Biden's electoral victory on Jan. 6.

Cynthia Lummis

Finance

DAO Investing in NFTs Raises $1.3M From Crypto VCs

Yield Guild Games will use the funds from Delphi Digital, Scalar Capital and others to invest in virtual land and other in-game assets.

Axie Infinity land

Markets

DeFi Index Fund Is Bitwise's Fastest Grower, With $32.5M in 2 Weeks: Hougan

The asset manager's chief investment officer says institutional interest in DeFi tokens is ramping up.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan

Policy

Crypto-Friendly CFTC Commissioner Tarbert to Leave Regulator Friday

Heath Tarbert is leaving the regulator after an 18-month tenure that included debut of an ether futures contract.

CFTC Chair Heath Tarbert

Policy

IRS Says Buying Crypto With Fiat Does Not Trigger Tax Reporting Rules

The IRS has narrowed the breadth of its new crypto reporting question.

IRS 1040 2020

Markets

Discover Financial Planning a 'Roadmap' for Crypto, Blockchain Products

The third-largest U.S. credit card company is on the hunt for a crypto products strategist.

David Nelms, CEO at Discover Financial

Markets

TaxBit Raises $100M in Bid to Take Crypto Taxation Software Global

The Utah-based startup roared out of stealth mode with backing from Paradigm and Tiger Global.

Brothers Austin and Justin Woodward founded TaxBit in 2018.

Markets

Goldman Sachs Relaunching Crypto Trading Desk After 3-Year Pause

Goldman Sachs may pursue a bitcoin ETF as it deepens its push into digital assets.

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Markets

Fidelity's Head of Global Macro Says Bitcoin May Have Place in Some Portfolios

"Is it any wonder that bitcoin seems to be having its day?" Fidelity's global macro chief said.

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