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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Finance

Pyth Launch to Bring Quant Firms’ Market Data to Solana

Backed by an array of high-frequency traders, the data pipeline’s mainnet launch is imminent. But key details like governance structure remain unresolved.

Market Reaction Inside The Paris Euronext NV Exchange

Finance

WNBA 'Moments' Are Coming to Dapper Labs' NBA Top Shot

The league is making its first foray into NFTs as it looks to capitalize on a surge of new fans.

2020 WNBA MVP A'ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces

Finance

Osprey Readies SOL Fund as Solana Attracts Institutional Interest

Osprey appears to have beaten Grayscale in the race to get a Solana vehicle into the market.

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Finance

Nasdaq Reveals Valkyrie Bitcoin Futures ETF Application

The investments manager said it confidentially filed for a bitcoin futures ETF months ago.

The Ride of the Valkyries.

Finance

Galaxy Taps Alerian for New Suite of Crypto Indexes

"Our data now spans far more of the crypto and blockchain ecosystem," said Galaxy's Steve Kurz.

Galaxy Digital Head of Asset Management Steve Kurz

Finance

Neuberger Berman's $164M Commodities Fund Can Invest 5% in Bitcoin

The investment manager has tweaked its strategy and will now focus its crypto investments solely on bitcoin.

Neuberger Berman

Finance

Tapiero’s 10T Holdings, Akuna Capital Buy $100M Stake in Bitcoin Options Exchange Deribit

The transaction occurred on the secondary market; Deribit declined to state its current valuation.

Bitcoin And Other Cryptocurrencies Online As Its Stocks Soar

Tech

Alchemy Expands Free Tier in Bid to Attract More Blockchain Developers to Platform

The blockchain infrastructure startup says easy access to developer services helps projects "unfold at a higher velocity."

Alchemy staffers pose for a team photo.

Finance

Top NBA Pick Paid in Bitcoin for BlockFi Sponsorship Deal

Former Oklahoma State star Cade Cunningham's multi-year deal with the crypto lender includes a bitcoin signing bonus.

Detroit Pistons draft pick Cade Cunningham

Markets

Wells Fargo Launches Passive Bitcoin Fund for Wealthy Clients

JPMorgan also registered its passive bitcoin fund with U.S. regulators Thursday.

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