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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US Homeland Security Taps Canadian Blockchain Firm to Track Oil Imports

DHS has hired Mavennet to track oil imports into the U.S. by retrofitting existing tracking technology with blockchain.

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Silk Road Seller Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering $19 Million With Bitcoin

Brian Haney, a former narcotics trafficker, pled guilty to charges that he laundered $19 million in bitcoin on Silk Road.

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FTC Commissioner Cites Libra in Support of Fed's Real-Time Payment System

FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra cited Libra concerns in his letter supporting the Fed's potential FedNow real-time payments service.

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Global Crypto Framework Needed to Stop 'Regulatory Arbitrage,' Watchdog Warns

Hong Kong’s securities regulator says the world needs a united response to stablecoins like Libra to avoid firms setting up in laxer jurisdictions.

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US Prosecutors Charge Founder of 'IGOBIT' Token With Fraud

Prosecutors allege that Asa Saint Clair lured investors to invest in the "World Sports Alliance" using his IGOBIT digital currency.

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Bithumb Wants User-Created DEXs With Its New Blockchain Ecosystem

Bithumb Global is launching an "exchange-as-a-service" platform through its new namesake blockchain platform.

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IBM Ethical Mineral Sourcing Blockchain to Debut in Spring

Ford, Volkswagon, LG and Volvo plan to take a cobalt-tracking blockchain platform live next year.

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US Congress Weighs Bill Spelling Out CFTC's Crypto Derivatives Oversight

If passed, the bill would be the first to place Congressionally-mandated, digital commodity-specific requirements on the CFTC.

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Coinbase Legal Chief Says Private Sector Should Build US Digital Dollar

Coinbase chief legal officer Brian Brooks thinks the private sector is best positioned to build America's digital dollar.

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Binance's DEX Now Supports AML Compliance Via CipherTrace

CipherTrace is now providing AML compliance on Binance Chain, which supports both the exchange's BNB token and DEX.

(Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao/CoinDesk)