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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Finance

S&P Dow Jones Launches 5 More Crypto Indexes; One Tracks 240 Coins

It’s the first major expansion of S&P’s crypto benchmarking tools since entering the market in May.

Jump Trading has acquired Certus One for an undisclosed amount.

Finance

BNY Mellon to Provide Grayscale With ETF Services After 'Anticipated' GBTC Conversion

The world’s largest custodian bank will begin handling accounting and administration services for the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust in October.

Bank of New York Mellon

Finance

Goldman Sachs Calls Coinbase a 'Tactical Trade,' Predicts Q2 Earnings Beat

The investment bank said in a client note that crypto price volatility could pay off for the exchange.

Coinbase, Nasdaq, direct listing

Policy

Judge Bans PaxForex From US for Offering Unregistered, Leveraged Crypto Trades

The St. Vincent-based trading shop did not show up in court to defend itself against CFTC allegations.

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Policy

Fed Says 'Surge' in Crypto Prices Reflects Increased Appetite for Risk

The central bank's monetary policy report to Congress gave crypto a rare shoutout Friday.

Federal Reserve building, Washington, D.C.

Finance

Single Buyer Apes Into Mooch's ETH Fund for $5.7M, Docs Show

Anthony Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Capital has launched its second crypto-specific private fund. One buyer has committed funds so far.

SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci.

Markets

Square to Build Bitcoin Hardware Wallet

“We’re doing it,” tweeted Jack Dorsey, the fintech’s CEO.

Square CEO Jack Dorsey

Finance

Circle Says It Lost $2M to Email Fraudsters in June

The USDC issuer said in an SEC filing that customer funds were not impacted by the incident.

Circle was the target of an "email fraud incident" in June, according to new SEC filings.

Markets

Circle Lost $156M on Poloniex Acquisition, SPAC Documents Reveal

The soon-to-be public company is still dealing with Poloniex’s legal woes despite cutting ties in 2019, with securities and sanctions fines to be paid.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire