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

SEC Approves Bitcoin Futures ETF, Opening Crypto to Wider Investor Base

ProShares is set to launch trading of its bitcoin futures ETF next week.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Melissa Lyttle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Jacobi Asset Management Wins Bitcoin ETF Approval in Guernsey

The news comes as investors eagerly await the SEC’s verdict on a crop of bitcoin futures ETFs.

ST PETER PORT, GUERNSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS: Castle Cornet, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Isles.  (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)

Policy

Bitcoin Climbs Above $60K After Report That SEC Won’t Block Futures ETF

The key cryptocurrency’s price touched $60,300 Friday.

Bitcoin's price has crossed above $60,000 for the first time since April. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Traders to Blame for 300% Sales Spike at Midwest Tungsten Service

While everyone is wondering why everyone is talking about tungsten, one manufacturer is cashing in.

Nic Carter's 2.5-inch tungsten cube, which weighs about 10 pounds. Said Carter: “It's dense!” (Nic Carter)

Finance

Stripe Is Hiring a Crypto Team 3 Years After Ending Bitcoin Support

“Crypto is a brand new team at Stripe,” one job post says.

John Collison, co-founder and president of Stripe (Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images)

Tech

Solana’s Phantom Adds Safety Rails After Scammers Drain Wallets

Phantom’s security upgrades highlight the tug-and-pull between developers trying to simplify crypto’s user experience and scammers exploiting their shortcuts.

(Tandem X Visuals/Unsplash)

Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried Hands Control of Crypto Trading Firm Alameda to Two Deputies

The crypto billionaire had already shifted most of his time to running FTX. Caroline Ellison and Sam Trabucco will continue running the show at Alameda Research.

San Francisco as seen from Alameda Island (Phil DuFrene/Unsplash)

Finance

FTX.US Launches Collectibles Arm in Boost to Solana-Based NFTs

The exchange will allow users to trade, mint, auction and authenticate Solana NFTs. Plans to support Ethereum NFTs are in the works.

FTX bought the naming rights to the Miami Heat arena in March. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk archives)

Policy

BlockFi Files for Bitcoin Futures ETF

The fund would only invest in bitcoin futures contracts traded on the CME.

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Finance

Art Blocks Raises $6M From True Ventures, Galaxy on Strength of Generative NFTs

In an interview on CoinDesk’s “Opinionated” podcast, founder Erick Calderon explained how a crypto side hustle grew into a leading digital art project.

Art Blocks founder Erick Calderon (Art Blocks)