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

SEC Inspectors Outline Crypto Examinations Playbook in Compliance Notice

The notice did not appear targeted at any one instance of digital asset impropriety.

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Markets

NBA Top Shot Overwhelmed by Demand in Record $1M Pack Drop

Over 200,000 collectors waited in line Friday, hoping to buy into Dapper Labs' runaway NBA hit.

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Markets

YouTube Suspends CoinDesk's Channel (UPDATED)

"Content that encourages illegal activities or incites users to violate YouTube's guidelines is not allowed," the platform said, without elaborating.

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Markets

OpenSea Adds 'Collector Drops' to NFT Marketplace With Shawn Mendes Wearables

The new series puts OpenSea in competition Nifty Gateway, which has cornered the celeb NFT market to date.

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Tech

US Energy Department Floats Solution to Illicit Crypto Mining Malware

The DOE claims its detection software uses a deep-learning mechanism to identify cryptojackers, but it needs private-sector assistance selling the tool.

The U.S. Department of Energy wants to commercialize cryptojacking detection software.

Markets

Arca Is Latest Crypto Fund to Launch a Bitcoin Trust

The California fund manager joins a crowded field of firms hoping to dethrone Grayscale's GBTC.

Arca CEO Rayne Steinberg

Markets

Coinbase Paid CEO Armstrong $60M in 2020 – Including $1.8M for 'Personal Security'

The 38-year-old tech CEO received nearly $60 million in total compensation last year.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Policy

US Central Bank Explains 'Preconditions' for a Digital Dollar

The U.S. central bank is grappling with how to proceed on a potential "digital dollar" project.

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Markets

Gold and Bitcoin Won't 'Cannibalize' Each Other: Goldman Sachs Analysts

The dueling commodities inhabit different ends of the investor spectrum and can coexist in a portfolio, the analysts said.

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Markets

Bank Analysts Clash on Square Price Targets After Q4 Results

Analysts with Royal Bank of Canada and Goldman Sachs gave divergent estimates for the bitcoin-friendly payments firm.

Square And Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Speaks At Empowering Entrepreneurs Event