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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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

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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