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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Markets

MicroStrategy Plans $400M Raise; Net Proceeds Will Fund More Bitcoin Buys

MicroStrategy is turning to investors to fund up to $400 million more in bitcoin purchases.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor

Markets

MicroStrategy Buys Additional $50M in Bitcoin

MicroStrategy's share prices have increased over 170% since the company first announced its interest in bitcoin in July.

MicroStrategy BTC purchases in 2020

Markets

Citigroup Helping World Governments Build Digital Currencies, CEO Says

The multinational banking giant has been calling digital currency all but inevitable since 2014.

Citigroup CEO Michael Corbat said sovereign digital currency is inevitable.

Policy

OCC Chief Hints at Coming 'Good' Actions on Crypto by End of Trump's Term

Brooks hinted at a flurry of crypto clarity actions in the next 6 weeks that could drive more institutions into the asset class.

Former Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks

Markets

SEC Makes FinHub a Stand-Alone Office

The reorganization strengthens FinHub's ability to address the digital assets space.

Commissioner Jay Clayton speaks at a 2019 FinHub event.

Markets

Bitcoin Undervalued Relative to Gold, Equities, Tudor Jones Says

The hedge fund manager has 1% to 2% of his multi billion-dollar portfolio in bitcoin.

Paul Tudor Jones (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Robin Hood)

Markets

Darknet Markets Face Headwinds After Year of Mixed Results

Darknet markets are falling off the radar and watching their customer base level off.

Hydra is one of the biggest darknet markets still in operation.

Markets

S&P Dow Jones Indices to Launch Crypto Indexes in 2021

Financial data provider S&P Dow Jones Indices is launching a crypto asset index in 2021.

stocks, exchange

Markets

Institutional Bitcoin Shop NYDIG Raises $150M for Twin Crypto Funds

New York Digital Investments Group raised $150 million for two new funds to invest in cryptocurrencies, according to SEC filings.

bull, run

Markets

Hackers Using Monero Mining Malware as Decoy, Warns Microsoft

Crypto-jacking is giving nation-state hackers a decoy for their more malicious attacks, Microsoft cautioned in a report.

ethernet cables