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

SEC Alleges Big-Talking Florida Crypto Investor Defrauded Clients of $6.8M

Thomas J. Gity allegedly told his 18 investor's he'd never ended a trading day in the red.

florida, state

Markets

BitFlyer Opens Japanese Bitcoin Market to European Traders

The cross-border initiative opens Japan's high-volume bitcoin markets to European traders courting the bitcoin/yen trading pair.

Europe on globe

Markets

Data Management Startup Fluree Unlocks $1.5M Air Force Contract With Latest VC Raise

The Air Force demanded Fluree raise at least $1.5 million before beginning its blockchain project's second phase.

Fluree Co-CEO Brian Platz

Markets

Overstock Short Sellers Fall Short as Judge Gives Digital Dividend Claims Short Shrift

Patrick Byrne and Overstock.com have prevailed over the digital dividend-doubting short sellers.

Former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne was a champion of his e-commerce site's digital security plan.

Markets

Coinbase Launches 5% Staking Rewards for Cosmos’ ATOM

ATOM is only the second cryptocurrency to join Coinbase’s staking rewards program.

Atomic instruments

Markets

Kadena Looks to Capture DeFi Energy With New Decentralized Exchange

Kadenaswap, the hybrid blockchain protocol's coming DEX, will begin a rollout later this year.

Kadena co-founder and President Stuart Popejoy

Markets

KuCoin Maintains Wallet Freeze as Hackers Begin Laundering Stolen Crypto

The exchange's weekend thieves appear to be searching for buyers of their $281 million in stolen crypto.

KuCoin

Policy

The Bahamas Reveal Details, October Date of Landmark Central Bank Digital Currency Debut

The Bahamas has unveiled key details of its historic launch of a central bank digital currency, now slated to debut on Oct. 20.

The Bahamas' Sand Dollar central bank digital currency will begin a "gradual national" debut on Oct. 20.

Policy

Nevada Woman Charged in Bitcoin Murder-for-Hire as a Mystery Hacker Again Turns Tipster

The case, the website, the circumstances and the source all share parallels with another recent federal murder-for-hire prosecution.

The murder never went through.

Markets

SoluTech to Burn its Tokens Under Terms of SEC Settlement; Co-Founder Fined

SoluTech, which violated securities laws and misrepresented its revenue during the token sale, now must destroy all its tokens.

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