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.

Danny Nelson

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Markets

Bank of England Governor Insists Digital Payments (but Not Crypto) Are Sticking Around

BoE Governor Andrew Bailey said cryptocurrencies "as originally formulated" are not the ideal form of digital currency.

Bank of England Chief Andrew Bailey

Markets

Crypto Miner Marathon Patent Group Buys $150M in Bitcoin

The Nasdaq-listed mining company wants to become a "pure-play bitcoin investment option" for Wall Street.

Crypto mining machines. (lmstockwork/Shutterstock)

Markets

Jim Cramer Tells $731M Powerball Winner to Put 5% in Bitcoin

The "Mad Money" host picked bitcoin as one of his hedges against the specter of hyperinflation.

CNBC host Jim Cramer

Markets

MicroStrategy Buys the Dip, Adds $10M to Bitcoin Treasury

CEO Michael Saylor bought the coins for an average price of $31,808.

microstrategy_flickr

Markets

SEC Calls Out Suspicious Crypto Companies Targeting Global Traders

The securities regulator added eight suspect crypto entities to its watchlist Thursday.

GrouchoMosh4

Markets

Pornhub Now Accepts Cryptocurrencies XRP, DOGE, BNB and USDC

The adult entertainment website now accepts payment in 16 cryptocurrencies.

Pornhub

Markets

BlackRock Gives 2 Funds Go-Ahead to Invest in Bitcoin Futures

The world's largest asset manager appears to be getting into the bitcoin game.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink

Markets

Bitfinex Says It's Nearly Done Turning Over Documents to NYAG

The document production process has already stretched over a year.

New York supreme court

Finance

Coinbase Buys Blockchain Infrastructure Startup Bison Trails

Bison Trails already partnered with Coinbase through its custody service.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong