Danny Nelson

Danny is 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.

Danny Nelson

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SEC Blasts Kik's 'Void for Vagueness' Defense of 2017 ICO

Kik wants to depose top SEC officials, and expose that they were making it up as they went. But the SEC is having none of it.

law books

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AT&T Responds to Crypto Exec's SIM Swap Suit: See You in Court

The loss highlights an obvious question for security experts, who wondered why an experienced crypto executive would keep such high sums online.

sim, sim swap

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Another AT&T SIM Swapping Hack Targets Trio of Crypto Execs

Another crypto executive is suing AT&T over a SIM swapping hack that he claims cost him $1.7 million in digital assets.

SIM card

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US Financial Regulators Join UK FCA's 'Global Sandbox'

Four U.S. regulators joined an international alliance of government regulators seeking to bolster the future of fintech.

SECFinHub

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Eyeing African Market, Binance Adds Nigerian Fiat-to-Crypto Gateway

Facilitated by payments network Flutterwave, the addition starts a new phase of Binance adding sub-Saharan fiat pairs.

nigeria, niara

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Blockstack's STX Token Now Traded on Binance and HashKey Pro

The advance is set to expand investors' access to Stacks (STX) – especially in Asia, a "priority region" for Blockstack.

muneeb, blockstack

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Algorand Wins Sharia Compliance Certificate to Enter $70 Billion Market

A sharia certification could open up the platform to a global network of observant Islamic investors estimated to be worth more than $70 billion.

Manama, Bahrain

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Bitcoin.com Acquires Japanese Blockchain Developer 03 Labs

The deal, which closed recently for an undisclosed sum, will see O3 Labs’ eight-person developer team integrate into Bitcoin.com.

Jaoan lanterns

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Opera Browser Adds Bitcoin Payments to Android Update

The enhanced crypto functionality will let Opera for android users make bitcoin payments from its built-in digital wallet and interact with dapps on TRON.

opera, android

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Former Fed Nominee Stephen Moore Backs Fractional Reserve Stablecoin

Stephen Moore, whose failed bid to join the Fed imploded within months, has a new plan to disrupt global finance: a fractional reserved-backed stablecoin.

stephen moore