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

Anchorage Moves Into Crypto Trading With New Brokerage Service

Crypto custodian Anchorage is launching a brokerage for its institutional clients, supporting the effort with new analysis and risk modeling capabilities after acquiring data startup Merkle Data.

Anchorage co-founder and CEO Nathan McCauley. (CoinDesk)

Policy

NJ Counterterrorism Chief Warns US Congress: Crypto Is Funding 'Domestic Extremism'

New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness Director Jared Maples predicted Wednesday that domestic terrorists will increasingly turn to bitcoin.

U.S. Capitol

Tech

JPMorgan Veterans' Kadena Launches Public Blockchain, Integrates Wallet to Cosmos Network

Kadena, a startup spun out of JPMorgan’s blockchain center, has taken a step toward its vision of creating interoperable, scalable public blockchains with a full launch Wednesday.

Stuart Popejoy Image via CoinDesk Archive

Markets

Former Venezuelan Gold Mining Company Wants to Centralize Bitcoin ATM Infrastructure

First Bitcoin Capital Corp. wants to unite the providers of bitcoin ATMs around the world.

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Markets

More Than Half of Financial Advisors Want Better Regulation Before Investing in Crypto

More than half of financial advisors are too spooked by regulatory uncertainty to initiate or expand their cryptocurrency investments, a new study by Bitwise Asset Management found.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan

Markets

Securitize Opens IRAs to Digital Securities Investors With Partnership

Digital asset issuer Securitize has facilitated what it says is the first direct IRA investment in security token offerings.

Securitize cofounder and CEO Carlos Domingo (Credit: Securitize)

Tech

Off-Blocks Launches US Government-Tested Digital Signature Service in Beta

Digital signature platform Off-Blocks is bringing its Department of Homeland Security-tested file verification tool to the public.

Digital signature image via Shutterstock

Policy

US Lawmakers Call on Communications Regulator to Tackle SIM-Swapping Crime

Democrat lawmakers are demanding that the FCC takes action to tackle the rise in SIM swapping attacks.

Ajit Pai image via Shutterstock

Markets

Facebook's Zuckerberg Highlights Digital Commerce, but Not Libra, in 2030 Vision

Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook wants to build commerce tools for small businesses which use the social media giant's apps, but noticeably avoided mentioning the Libra stablecoin project in his 2030 vision.

Mark Zuckerberg image via Shutterstock

Policy

Illinois Legalizes Blockchain Contracts

With the new year Illinois became the latest state to recognize smart contracts and other blockchain-based records as legal instruments.

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