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

Saga Stablecoin Goes Live Backed by Basket of Fiat Currencies

Saga Monetary Technologies has finally launched its SGA stablecoin, and it's already planning to break away from its pegged basket of currencies.

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Markets

Cryptojacking Malware Devs Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

Two members of Romanian hacker gang Bayrob Group were sentenced to two decades in prison after their malware mined crypto on 400,000 infected computers.

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Markets

Brazilian Police Bust Alleged Crypto Fraud That Cost Investors $360M

Brazilian police have shut down a purported bitcoin investment scheme they allege stole 1.5 billion Brazilian reals.

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Tech

A Bitcoin Wallet Is Orbiting the Earth at 5 Miles Per Second

Bitcoin is flying (super) high thanks to SpaceChain's new space-based wallet.

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Policy

Sri Lanka's Central Bank Calls for Blockchain-Based KYC Proposals

Sri Lanka's Central Bank wants to use a blockchain system for local banks' "know-your-customer" protocols.

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Tech

IBM Patents Blockchain to Stop Drones From Stealing Packages

IBM has won a patent for a blockchain system which tracks packages in case they're stolen by drones.

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Markets

Coinbase Patents Automated KYC Enforcement Tool

Coinbase has patented a system which would automatically identify accounts violating AML rules.

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Markets

Upbit Is the Seventh Major Crypto Exchange Hack of 2019

These seven major hacks remind us: not your keys, not your crypto.

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Markets

Ethereum Scaling Fix Cuts Time to Create a Block in Half, Test Finds

BloXroute Labs' "Blockchain Distribution Network" cut ethereum block propagation time in half, according to a test by Akomba Labs.

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Policy

Ghana May Issue Digital Currency in 'Near Future,' Says Central Bank Chief

Ghana is joining the ranks of nations eyeing the launch of a central bank digital currency, and is already in talks over a pilot project.

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