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

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

Markets

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

Markets

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

Markets

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)

Markets

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)

Markets

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

Markets

Singapore Begins Crackdown on Unlicensed Bitcoin Sellers

Singapore authorities charged a 23-year-old woman with breaking the city-state’s months-old ban on unlicensed bitcoin sales.

The charges appear to be Singapore's first attempt to enforce its new ban on unlicensed crypto sellers. (Tremendous Shots/Shutterstock)

Policy

BitLicense at 5: Despite Architect Lawsky's Hopes, Few States Copied NY Rules

Few states have developed their own cryptocurrency regulations – and none that did build a regulatory regime have followed the New York model.

Benjamin Lawsky (NYDFS/Wikimedia Commons, altered with PhotoMosh)

Policy

BitLicense Recipients

A list of all New York Department of Financial Service BitLicense and limited purpose trust charter recipients.

(Raoyang Yang/Shutterstock)

Markets

US Homeland Security's Tech Scouts Reissue Call for Blockchain Startups

The Silicon Valley Innovation Program challenged blockchain startups to build Social Security number alternatives, an essential worker license and supply chain solutions for DHS.

“We are the part of the U.S. government that believes that talent does not stop at borders,” said SVIP's Blockchain Guru, Anil John (CBP San Diego/Twitter)