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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Coinstar Plans Massive Expansion of Coinme Bitcoin ATMs as Usage Spikes 40%

Coinstar, the coin counting kiosk maker hosting 3,500 Coinme bitcoin ATMs, is considering doubling that count after a surge in usage amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Customers aren't just buying toilet paper at the supermarket.

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California Assembly Considers Exempting Some Digital Assets From State Securities Law

A key lawmaker in the California Assembly has proposed exempting some digital assets from the state’s definition of corporate securities.

Majority Leader Ian Calderon has proposed a framework for determining whether digital assets are investment contracts, and therefore securities. (Credit: Lerna Shirinian)

Finanzas

Stellar Enterprise Fund Invests $5M in Crypto App Abra Ahead of Blockchain Integration

The $5 million capital allocation precedes Abra's integration with the Stellar blockchain.

Abra CEO Bill Barhydt (CoinDesk archives)

Mercados

Ohio Lawmakers Propose Blockchain Voting in Elections Overhaul Bill

Ohio lawmakers have proposed the launch of a blockchain voting pilot in spite of security experts' repeated warnings against any internet-based elections system.

Ohio Democrat Beth Liston was one of the bill’s sponsors. (Credit: Avidohioan / Wikimedia Commons)

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TokenSoft Expands Security Token Services to Europe With New Swiss Entity

Security token platform TokenSoft is expanding its services to Europe using a new Swiss entity, licensing its software through a local partner.

Tokensoft CEO Mason Borda

Regulación

Dutch Central Bank to Crypto Firms: Register in 2 Weeks or Shut Down

Dutch crypto companies must register with the Netherlands’ central bank by May 18 or cease operations immediately as the country enforces new anti-money laundering regulations required by the European Union.

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IBM, Merck Declare FDA-Backed Drug Tracing Blockchain a Success

IBM, Merck, Walmart and KPMG’s drug-tracing blockchain pilot exceeded the interoperability benchmarks set by the Food and Drug Administration, the group said.

Merck, IBM, KPMG and Walmart built their drug tracking trial on Hyperledger Fabric. (Credit: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock)

Regulación

US Senate Staffers Float Blockchain Voting if Chamber Goes Remote

U.S. Senate staffers, hunting for tech to keep their chamber legislating through crises, floated blockchain voting in an April 30 continuity of Senate memo.

US Capitol (Shutterstock)

Mercados

Overstock Wants to Trade Traditional Stocks on tZERO Crypto App

tZERO Crypto wants to become the first platform approved to trade crypto, digital securities and traditional stocks on a single app.

tzero

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Binance, Brock Pierce Donate $1M to Puerto Rico's COVID-19 Fight

Brock Pierce’s nonprofit and Binance say they are buying $1 million in personal protective equipment to help fight coronavirus in Puerto Rico.

(Credit: Florida National Guard)