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.

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Policy

Texas Man Sues Attorney General Over DOJ’s Prosecution of Crypto Software Devs

The plaintiff is seeking a declaratory judgment protecting his forthcoming crypto crowdfunding project from being prosecuted for unlicensed money transmitting.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland (Photo by Jefferson Siegel-Pool/Getty Images)

Policy

Crypto's Senate Ally Lummis Pushes Federal Agencies on Digital Assets Issues

Senator Cynthia Lummis, set to lead the Senate Banking Committee's digital assets panel, went after the sale of U.S. bitcoin holdings and FDIC debanking.

Senator Cynthia Lummis, a Wyoming Republican

Markets

Why Litecoin Might Be the Next Crypto to Get Its ETF

Canary Funds’ litecoin ETF filings were recently amended, potentially indicating that the SEC is engaging with the filing.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Finance

Coinbase to Offer Bitcoin-Backed Loans Through Morpho

The ability to post collateral, rather than credit rating, will determine whether a client can borrow.

Coinbase adds bitcoin-backed borrowing

Finance

Chainalysis Buys Israeli Fraud Detection Startup Alterya for $150M

Alterya's AI driven fraud models have "substantial opportunities in the traditional market."

Chainalysis at Consensus 2019

Finance

Tether Group to Establish Headquarters in El Salvador in Emerging Markets Push

The stablecoin behemoth is setting up shop for the group and its companies in the nascent crypto hub.

El Salvador flag (Unsplash)

Policy

Kenya Prepares to Legalize Cryptocurrencies in Policy Shift: Report

Kenya's move represents a significant policy shift from their previous warnings about the crypto industry.

Nairobi, Kenya (Amani Nation/Unsplash)

Policy

3 Russians Face Money Laundering Charges Over Mixing Services: DOJ

Russian nationals have been charged with crimes for allegedly running the crypto mixing services Blender.io and Sinbad.io used by North Korean hackers.

Sinbad's website says it was seized by the FBI alongside the Dutch Financial Intelligence and Investigation Service and Finnish National Bureau of Investigation. (Sinbad.io)

Tech

Babylon Labs Brings New Momentum to Bitcoin ZK Tech Through Bridge to Cosmos Chains

Babylon, developer of the largest BTC staking protocol, is teaming up with Bitcoin developers Fiamma to build a trust-minimized bridge using BitVM2

Bridge (Charlie Green/Unsplash)