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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Crypto Lender BlockFi Registers Bitcoin Trust With SEC

BlockFi is the latest firm to go up against Grayscale's behemoth bitcoin trust.

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince

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MicroStrategy May Get Creative to Make Future Bitcoin Buys: CEO

The business intelligence company already has 70,784 bitcoins.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor

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US Government Takes Aim at NetWalker Ransomware Attacks

Prosecutors indicted an alleged NetWalker affiliate and coordinated the takedown of darkweb resources.

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Retail Traders Sue Robinhood Over Meme Stock Restrictions

GameStop, which had been soaring for days on short squeezing and mass speculation, began tumbling after the major retail trading hub implemented the hold.

Robinhood

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OCC Halts Fair Access Banking Rule

The rule would have prohibited U.S. banks from denying services based on ideological factors.

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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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