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

Crypto Startup Metal Pay Files for National Bank Charter

Metal Pay's "First Blockchain Bank and Trust" would be FDIC-insured, CEO Marshall Hayner told CoinDesk.

A sign outside the OCC office (CoinDesk)

Markets

Saylor, MicroStrategy Offer Playbook for Corporate Bitcoin Adoption at Annual Summit

Saylor and his MicroStrategists front-ran corporate bitcoin what-abouters at the firm's detail-heavy annual conference.

Michael Saylor, CEO de MicroStrategy.

Markets

NYDIG Expects to Hold $25B in Bitcoin for Institutional Clients by Year End

CEO Stevens said NYDIG's institutional order books are looking bullish for the year.

Stone Ridge CEO Ross Stevens speaks to Michael Saylor at World.Now.

Finance

Bitcoin Startup Casa Raises $4M Led by Fidelity-Linked Avon Ventures

Coinbase Ventures also joined the round.

Casa CTO Jameson Lopp speaks at Consensus 2019.

Markets

California Pension Fund Loaded Up on RIOT Shares During Bitcoin's Q4 Rally

The largest public pension in the U.S. bought more RIOT shares for the first time since 2017.

CalPERS headquarters in Sacramento.

Markets

SEC Charges Three With Stealing $11.4M Through Token Backed by Actor Steven Seagal

The Bitcoiin2Gen trio allegedly bilked investors through false statements and celebrity crypto endorsements.

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

Markets

Coinbase Taps Nasdaq for Direct Listing: Report

The crypto exchange will reportedly join Nasdaq's tech-heavy lineup.

Nasdaq

Policy

FinCEN's Wallet Rule Aims to Close Crypto-Cash Reporting Gap, Official Says

FinCEN Deputy Director Michael Mosier encouraged commenters to provide practical, technical feedback on the rule.

Treasury Secretary
Steven T. Mnuchin

Markets

Robinhood Raises $3.4B Amid Growth Surge

The round is the stock trading app's largest raise ever.

Robinhood