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

Coinbase Launches 5% Staking Rewards for Cosmos’ ATOM

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

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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.

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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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Markets

Hong Kong Reportedly Picks ConsenSys for Digital Currency Pilot Project

The Ethereum venture studio said it will work on implementing Hong Kong and Thailand's cross-border CBDC.

Hong Kong and Thai officials collaborating on Project Inthanon-Lionrock.

Markets

Israeli Draft Bill Would Nix Hefty Capital Gains Taxes on Bitcoin

The draft bill would define bitcoin and other cryptos as "currency" instead of an "asset" for tax purposes.

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Markets

Andreessen Horowitz Gets FTC OK for Unspecified Coinbase Transaction

It is unclear at press time whether the approval is for a16z’s previously disclosed purchase of shares in Coinbase or for a new purchase.

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Markets

CoinDesk Reporters Discuss FinCEN Files, Venezuela's Stablecoin Flop and More

From the CoinDesk Global Macro news desk, this is Borderless - a twice-monthly roundup of the most important stories impacting Bitcoin and the crypto sector from around the world.

Venezuelan Bolivars and U.S. dollars.