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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Policy

Latvian Police Seize Crypto Worth $126K in Bust of Suspected Cybercrime Ring

The “large-scale" money laundering operation ran from 2015 through 2020, police officials allege.

Latvian police (meunierd/Shutterstock)

Markets

Grayscale Moves to List Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin Trusts for OTC Traders

Bitcoin Cash Trust and Litecoin Trust will carry the tickers BCHG and LTCN once they commence OTC trading.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein speaks at Consensus: Invest 2018. (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

SEC Commissioner Peirce Blasts Regulator's Action Against Telegram

"Crypto Mom" took no prisoners in her fiery rebuke of the SEC's Telegram action.

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Tech

CipherTrace Says It Can Instantly Flag Shady Transactions With Predictive Risk Scores

The blockchain analytics firm claims its new system respects crypto users’ privacy while also flagging suspect transactions.

(styleuneed.de/Shutterstock)

Markets

Accenture, HSBC, Seba Bank Among Bank of France’s Eight CBDC Finalists

The Bank of France’s central bank digital currency experiments are moving forward with eight candidate firms picked.

The Bank of France is one of Europe's leading voices on CBDCs.

Markets

Third Centra Tech Founder Pleads Guilty to ICO Fraud

Centra Tech one of the most storied scams of the the 2017 ICO bubble. Its founders have fallen like dominoes since.

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Markets

Colorado Is Betting on ETHDenver and Web 3 for Its Next Lottery Games

Eyeing a billion-dollar revenue goal by 2023, the state-run lottery is getting creative with its game offerings.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis at ETHDenver (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

The DOJ Wants to Hire a Crypto Crime Attorney Adviser

The Department of Justice wants to hire an attorney adviser to specialize in cryptocurrency, dark web and hacking criminal cases.

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., headquarters (Orhan Cam/Shutterstock)

Markets

IRS Seeks Elliptic’s Crypto Tracing Software in Response to COVID-19

President Donald J. Trump invoked the Stafford act in March, authorizing federal agency funding.

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Markets

IRS Enlists Coinbase in Latest Crypto Tracing Deal

The tax collector has agreed to pay Coinbase up to $237,000 over the next two years for its "Analytics" tracing software.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong