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.

Danny Nelson

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Grayscale's Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin Trusts Begin Trading Publicly

Grayscale now has six publicly traded crypto investment vehicles, all trusts.

sonnenshein, grayscale

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Epic Games Blasts Apple's 'Anti-Competitive' Payments Practices in Lawsuit

The Fortnite developer says in-app bitcoin and crypto payments could flourish if not for Apple's payments monopoly.

(Shutterstock)

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US Postal Service Envisions Blockchain-Backed Mail-In Voting

Whether the USPS intends to experiment with its mail-in voting system was unclear Thursday.

The USPS has not disclosed if it actually intends to roll out its novel voting technique. (CoinDesk archives)

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Sequoia-Backed Band Protocol Token Starts Trading on Coinbase

BAND surged to 24-hour trading highs shortly after news of the listing broke.

The Band Protocol team in 2019.

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Anchorage Is Streamlining Custody of Tokensoft's ERC-1404 Security Tokens

The new partnership will add direct custodial support for Arcoin and INX, the upcoming INX Limited security token.

(CoinDesk archives)

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New Jersey Man Accused of Paying $20K in Bitcoin to Have Sex Crimes Victim Killed

A New Jersey sex offender is now accused of paying a hitman in bitcoin to murder his 14-year-old victim.

The murder-for-hire never went through. (Shutterstock)

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Stacks Foundation Will Soon Put Those 100M Tokens to Work

The blockchain governance foundation is stacking stacks.

Blockstack co-founder Muneeb Ali speaks at Consensus 2017. (CoinDesk archives)

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Wealthsimple, Robinhood of the North, Jumps Into Canada’s Crypto Sandbox

The millennial-friendly investments app is working with regulators on its upcoming bitcoin and ether trading service.

Wealthsimple caters to millennial investors with the same zeal as its southern peer. (Wealthsimple)

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Coinbase Exits Industry Lobbying Group in Protest Over Recent Unspecified 'Decisions'

Coinbase cited recent board decisions that could "irreperably impair" the Blockchain Association.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

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Elliptic Hires Former Revolut CFO as It Prepares for Asia Expansion

David MacLean will oversee the crypto tracer's finance and personnel operations.

(Elliptic)