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.

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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

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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.