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Danny Nelson

Managing Editor - Data & Tokens

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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Finance

Pantera Capital’s Latest Crypto Fund Has Raised $369M Since July

The crypto investments firm had $4.7 billion in assets under management in August, new filings show.

Sep 10, 2021

Pantera Capital founder and CEO Dan Morehead (Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

Policy

IRS Makes New Crypto Broker Guidance a ‘Priority’ in 2021-22 Plan

Biden’s Treasury Department is opening another front in its effort to police crypto tax cheats.

Sep 10, 2021

The IRS building in Washington, D.C. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

SEC Sets November Deadline for Final Decision on VanEck Bitcoin ETF

Regulators are again postponing a decision on what would be the first U.S. bitcoin ETF.

Sep 9, 2021

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Podcasts

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Banks Will Have to Adapt to DeFi, Featuring Eric Wall
Podcasts

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Finance

‘Crypto Dad’ Giancarlo to Quit BlockFi’s Board After 4 Months

The departure comes as BlockFi faces mounting legal pressure over its flagship interest-bearing crypto accounts.

Sep 2, 2021

J. Christopher Giancarlo, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), speaks during an interview at the Securities Industry And Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) annual meting in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. SIFMA represents the U.S. securities industry including broker-dealers, banks and asset managers with nearly one million employees providing access to the capital markets. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

Finance

Mutual Fund Giant Franklin Templeton Eyes Bitcoin, Ether Trades With Planned Hires

The $1.5 trillion asset manager is a newcomer to crypto investing despite years of experimenting with blockchain tech.

Sep 1, 2021

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Finance

FTX.US to Buy LedgerX in Bid for US Crypto Derivatives

The move paves the way for Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire to gain a foothold in the restrictive U.S. derivatives scene.

Aug 31, 2021

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Finance

Nigeria’s Central Bank Taps Bitt to Launch CBDC by Year’s End

The bank is working with the blockchain startup to develop an eNaira digital currency.

Aug 30, 2021

Godwin Emefiele, governor of Nigeria's central bank. (Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Tech

Polkadot’s Parallel Finance Raises $22M at $150M Valuation

The startup wants to become a DeFi “brand” across multiple blockchains.

Aug 30, 2021

Parallel lights, Parallel Finance. (Martin Sanchez/Unsplash)
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