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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Markets

SEC Enforcement Director to Step Down by End of Year

Enforcement Director Stephanie Avakian led SEC investigations during the heart of its ICO crackdown.

Securities And Exchange Commission Announces Lawsuit Against Elon Musk

Markets

S&P, State Street Back $15M Investment in Crypto Data Startup Lukka

Lukka is looking to go mainstream with a strategic investment from three stalwarts of traditional finance.

Wall Street awaits.

Markets

France Declares War on Crypto Anonymity, Cites 'Terrorism' in KYC Mandate

The French finance ministry is imposing sweeping KYC rules on all VASPs in the country.

Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire called the actions necessary in light of terrorist crypto usage.

Markets

Bitcoin 'Making Progress' on Bid to Oust Dollar, Morgan Stanley Chief Global Strategist Says

Bitcoin's success should force governments to grapple with falling public trust in fiat currencies.

helicopter money

Markets

Citi Analyst Chides Saylor's Bitcoin Focus, Cuts MicroStrategy to 'Sell'

MicroStrategy was trading sharply lower Tuesday after a Citi analyst changed his rating to "sell."

mstr moshed

Markets

Michael Saylor: Bitcoin's Cyber Hornet

Michael Saylor has been a bitcoin evangelist and dollar doomsayer for less than six months. But the bits that would become his bitcoin philosophy began forming three decades ago.

Michael Saylor

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