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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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, Exponential Africa Show screenshot

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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.

hawaii

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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

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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)

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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

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

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

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