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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Travala.com Lets Travelers Once Again Book Expedia Hotels in Crypto

The blockchain-based travel agency's partnership comes as booking rates surge from their COVID-19 lows.

“Travala is one of the very few projects in the crypto space that is bridging the gap to traditional multinationals in a huge way,” said CEO Juan Otero. (4thebirds/Shutterstock)

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The IRS Wants to Know More About Privacy-Enhancing Crypto Coins, Tools

America's tax collector is laying the groundwork for a possible assault on privacy-enhancing cryptocurrency technologies.

(Andrew F. Kazmierski/Shutterstock)

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US Senators Float Bill Requiring Congressional Watchdog to Study Crypto's Role in Trafficking

Top members of the Senate Banking Committee plan to introduce legislation that would direct the congressional watchdog to study virtual currency’s role in drug and human trafficking.

Senate Banking Committee Chair Mike Crapo (left) and Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (U.S. Senate)

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US Appeals Court Allows Warrantless Search of Blockchain, Exchange Data

A federal appeals court ruled public blockchain information and information stored on crypto exchanges do not provide a reasonable expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. (Bobak Ha'Eri/Wikimedia Commons)

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Spanish Police Accuse Illegal Drug Vendor of Laundering $3.3M Haul in Crypto

The National Police of Spain said vendors’ “purchase of virtual currency stands out.” Police arrested 33 suspects across two parallel raids.

National Police of Spain

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Crypto VC Chiefs Talk COVID-19 Recovery, Bitcoin Upside at Real Vision Conference

Pantera's Dan Morehead and 10T Holdings' Dan Tapiero can't agree on our economic future. Even so, they think it bodes well for bitcoin.

helicopter money

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BIS Plans New Central Banking Fintech Research Hubs in Europe, North America

The Bank for International Settlements is expanding its “Innovation Hub” with a handful of new locations in Canada and Europe.

Benoit Coeure, head of the BIS Innovation Hub

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Digital Currency Guru of $568M Cyber Fraud Forum Pleads Guilty

Sergey Medvedev pleaded guilty to racketeering charges as part of a $568 million payment card fraud forum, which used Liberty Reserve and bitcoin to launder funds.

Lloyd D. George Federal District Courthouse in Las Vegas (Department of Justice/Wikimedia commons)

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Consumer Watchdog Moves to Block Canadian Bitcoin Miner From US Power Grid

Public Citizen warned the U.S. Dept. of Energy that DMG Blockchain's bid to export electricity could set a dangerous precedent.

Washington's Grand Coulee Dam, the largest power station in the United States (C. P. Johnston Co/Wikimedia)

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CBDC Issuance Is 'Not a Reaction' to Libra, Says Central Bank Body

The Bank for International Settlements appears to contradict its own prior statements in a new digital payments report.

Part of the BIS headquarters, the Botta Building in Basel