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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Blockstream Buys $25M Worth of Bitcoin Mining Machines From MicroBT

The ASICs are set to be deployed in Blockstream facilities through the U.S. and Canada.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back

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BIS Chief Blasts Bitcoin's Viability, Prompting Blowback From Advocates

Bitcoin maximalists cried foul at the central banker's prognostications.

BIS General Manager Agustin Carstens

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BIS: CBDC Research Gaining Steam but Widespread Issuance Years Away

Central banks remained adamant private stablecoins do not factor into their CBDC calculus.

BIS headquarters in Basel

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Miami Uploads Bitcoin White Paper to Municipal Website

Mayor Suarez once again pledged to turn Miami into a "hub for crypto innovation."

Miami Mayor And City Manager Hold Hurricane Season Kickoff Press Conference

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Cathie Wood: Bitcoin ETF Approval Unlikely Until Market Cap Rises to About $2T

"The flood of demand has to be satisfied" for the SEC to feel comfortable with a bitcoin ETF, said Wood.

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Ex-Goldman CEO Blankfein Says Governments Would Likely Try to Shut Down Bitcoin if It Becomes Too Successful

Blankfein misrepresented bitcoin's traceability and falsely claimed users are blind to their counter-parties.

Former Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein

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'Coin Signals' Trader Arrested on $5M Crypto Fund Fraud Charges

Jeremy Spence bilked his investors out of $5 million, according to a criminal complaint.

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

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Rothschild Investment Adds to Grayscale Bitcoin Holdings

The manager of $1.4 billion first bought bitcoin trust shares in 2017.

Rothschild Investment Corp. headquarters in Chicago, Ill.

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Cathie Wood: More Tech Companies Will Adopt Bitcoin Treasury Reserves

Wood said large companies are asking her if they should follow Square's lead.

Cathie Wood

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Hawaii to Let More Crypto Companies Join Regulatory Sandbox

Hawaii's Digital Currency Innovation Lab is accepting a second round of applications through Feb. 26.

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