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

MicroStrategy Bets Another $1B on Bitcoin

MicroStrategy turned a veritable mountain of zero-interest debt into its single-largest bitcoin allocation yet.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael J. Saylor

Markets

Shares in Iced-Tea-Maker-Turned-Blockchain-Firm Delisted by SEC

Long Blockchain Corporation's shares have been ejected from U.S. public markets.

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Markets

MoneyGram Puts Relationship With Ripple's XRP on Hold

The money transfer company said it "is not planning for any benefit from Ripple market development fees" in Q1. In last year's Q1, MoneyGram banked $12.1 million in such fees.

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Finance

Bitcoin Brokerage River Financial Raises $17M: SEC Filings

River Financial's equity sale comes as the high-end brokerage embarks on a major hiring push.

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Markets

MicroStrategy Raises $1.05B in Latest Debt-for-Bitcoin Offering

MicroStrategy's business strategy is to buy as much bitcoin as it possibly can.

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Markets

Fidelity's Charity Arm Raised $28M in Crypto Donations Last Year

The 2020 crypto totals beat 2019's tally of $13 million, but the amount fell short of 2018's $30 million.

Fidelity CEO Abigail Johnson at Consenys 2017

Markets

Tesla Tapped Coinbase for $1.5B Bitcoin Buy: Report

Coinbase is emerging as a major player in corporate America's march toward bitcoin.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk

Markets

Automated Crypto Investing App Coinseed Faces Fraud Charges in NY, SEC Lawsuits

Coinseed allegedly bilked investors of $1 million through false statements, hidden fees and a flopped token.

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Markets

Crypto Wallet Startup Blockchain.com Raises $120M From Investors Including Google Ventures

Blockchain.com said the institutional backing will power an increasingly institutional-minded business.

Blockchain.com CEO Peter Smith