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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Policy

US Floats Long-Dreaded Plan to Make Crypto Exchanges Identify Personal Wallets

FinCEN has proposed requiring exchanges to collect and report KYC information on unhosted wallets for transactions up to $10,000.

Treasury Secretary
Steven T. Mnuchin

Finance

Ruffer Investment Used Coinbase to Execute $745M Bitcoin Buy

Coinbase and One River Digital worked in tandem to execute U.K mega-manager Ruffer Investment's $745 million bitcoin purchase in November.

London from above

Policy

US Treasury Bulking Up Crypto Policy Advisers as Wallet Reg Rumors Swirl

FinCEN has posted a pair of job listings for crypto policy advisers amid rumors that new regulations around wallets will arrive soon.

FinCEN Director Ken Blanco during a press conference in New York during his time as a U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General.

Markets

Coinbase, With Bitcoin Soaring, Files in Preparation for Landmark Public Offering

Coinbase has filed preliminary documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a public offering.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Policy

FBI Needs a Dark Web, Crypto Strategy, DOJ's Inspector General Says

FBI lacks a "comprehensive strategy for addressing the cryptocurrency threat in the future," OIG wrote.

An FBI agent views a dark web marketplace.

Markets

Robinhood Pays SEC $65M to Settle Allegations It Misled Customers

Robinhood's commission-free trading model actually deprived customers of $34 million, the SEC alleged.

Robinhood

Markets

Marc Andreessen, Kelly Kramer Named Directors on Coinbase Board

Coinbase is shaking up its boardroom with faces old and new.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Markets

Bitcoin Manager With $1B Crypto Goal Is Backed by Hedge Fund Vet Alan Howard: Report

One River Digital Asset Management already holds $600 million in bitcoin and ether.

banknote, dollar

Markets

Cboe Plans to Launch Cryptocurrency Indexes in Q2 2021

Cboe is joining the race to take cryptocurrency pricing mainstream with a planned index launch in Q2 2021.

The Chicago Board Options Exchange.

Markets

SBI Financial Acquires Institutional Crypto Desk B2C2

SBI Financial Services has acquired cryptocurrency trading platform B2C2, according to a report.

B2C2 founder Max Boonen