Danny Nelson

Managing Editor - Data & Tokens

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.

Latest from Danny Nelson

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.

Dec 17, 2020

Markets

Marc Andreessen, Kelly Kramer Named Directors on Coinbase Board

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

Dec 16, 2020

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.

Dec 16, 2020

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.

Dec 15, 2020

Markets

SBI Financial Acquires Institutional Crypto Desk B2C2

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

Dec 15, 2020

Markets

Coinstar Expands Its Coinme Bitcoin Kiosk Fleet to 5,000

Coinme-powered bitcoin kiosks have sold 650% more bitcoins this year than in 2019.

Dec 14, 2020

Customers aren't just buying toilet paper at the supermarket.

Finance

Aegis Custody Clears Hurdle in Bid for South Dakota Trust Charter

Aegis Custody wants to build a tokenized bridge between U.S. investors and trade finance opportunities in Asia.

Dec 11, 2020

Markets

MicroStrategy's Bitcoin-Driven Offering Boosted to $650M After Notes Buyer Bought $100M More

MicroStrategy's debt raise resulted in an estimated $639 million for bitcoin purchases.

Dec 11, 2020

Policy

Virgil Griffith Still Doesn’t Know What Exact Crimes He Is Accused of, Attorneys Say

Attorneys for Virgil Griffith want the U.S. government to specify the charges he’s facing rather than a broad claim that he violated U.S. sanctions.

Dec 11, 2020

Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith is accused of violating U.S. sanctions law.

Markets

MassMutual Buys $100M in Bitcoin, Bets on Institutional Adoption With $5M NYDIG Stake

Massachusetts Mutual has made a $100 million investment in bitcoin and a $5 million equity stake in NYDIG.

Dec 10, 2020

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