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

BlockFi Boosted Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Holdings by 11.9M Shares, Now Holds $1.7B GBTC

The disclosure comes as BlockFi prepares to launch a competitor bitcoin trust product.

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince

Policy

Ex-CFTC Chair Christopher Giancarlo Stumps for Digital Dollar

"Crypto Dad" made his case for the next evolution of America's greenback.

Former CFTC Chairman Giancarlo thinks bitcoin became an investment-grade asset following the introduction of key financial products.

Markets

Framework Ventures' DeFi Fund Booms as Tech Team Staffs Up

The studio's flagship ventures fund increased in value from $14 million to $300 million.

Framework Ventures co-founders Vance Spencer and Michael Anderson

Markets

SEC Commissioner Peirce Says Market Is Ready for a Bitcoin ETP

Peirce also pushed back against an emerging government narrative that cryptocurrency is a dangerous rail for terrorist financing.

Hester Peirce

Markets

Uber CEO Says Company to Consider Crypto for Rides, Not Its Balance Sheet

The rideshare company will look into cryptocurrencies including bitcoin as a potential form of payment.

Uber

Markets

Amazon Preparing to Launch a 'Digital Currency' Project in Mexico

Job postings describe a walled garden-type digital currency that could roll out in emerging economies.

Amazon.com Inc. Introduces Prime To Mexico As Consumer Confidence Rises

Markets

Mastercard Will Let Merchants Accept Payments in Crypto This Year

The payments giant plans to support digital currency transactions directly on network.

Mastercard

Markets

AWS Marketplace Is Selling Origin's Decentralized Ecommerce Service

Origin Protocol's OGN token was up nearly 50% at press time.

AWS

Markets

Jim Cramer Thinks 'Every' Corporate Treasurer Should Be Thinking Bitcoin

The CNBC host said it's almost irresponsible not to include bitcoin on balance sheets following Tesla's buy.

CNBC host Jim Cramer