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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Finance

Crypto.com Takes Steps Toward Financial Licensure in Malta

The Hong Kong-based crypto firm received preliminary approval from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) for two financial licenses.

Kalkara, Malta

Policy

PayPal CEO Schulman Says He's Bullish on Bitcoin as a Currency

Schulman spoke about the fall of cash, the rise of bitcoin and the institutional traders taking note of both.

PayPal CEO Dan Schulman

Finance

MicroStrategy Wants to Be in the Bitcoin Business, Not Just an Investor

MicroStrategy executives are on the hunt for blockchain experts who could help the publicly traded firm build a suite of bitcoin data services.

MicroStrategy booth at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2011

Markets

German Finance Minister Says He Does Not Support Private Cryptos: Report

Olaf Scholz said banks need to adapt for a digital world but seemed to rule out private digital currencies from that future.

German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz

Markets

Texas Financial Regulators Crack Down on 15 Alleged Crypto Scams

Many of the alleged crypto scams had a common tactic: savvy social media posts to draw victims in.

texas map

Markets

US Is Debating Risk vs. Liability for New Crypto Tax Rules

U.S. Treasury department officials are wrangling with how to focus a coming set of crypto tax rules.

tax

Markets

Helium Wireless Network Approves New Hard Cap for HNT Token Emissions

Adding a token hard-cap and introducing "halvenings" will make HNT tokenomics easier to understand, say project contributors.

Helium team, left to right: Pierre Defebvre, Andrew Allen, Rahul Garg, Brian Bussiere.

Policy

SEC's Clayton Says Payment Inefficiencies Are Boosting Bitcoin's Rise

Clayton sounded more bullish on bitcoin than he's been in years in his Thursday interview with CNBC.

SEC Chairman Jay Clayton

Markets

Promoters of Rapper TI's 2017 ICO Ordered to Pay $103K Penalty

The associates are also barred from selling digital securities for five years.

Rapper T.I.