Danny Nelson

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.

Danny Nelson

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Markets

COVID-19 Stimulus Checks Fueled 'Modest' Jump in Bitcoin Price Last Year: Cleveland Fed

Policymakers should not be concerned, the researchers wrote: Only 0.02% of coronavirus-relief checks ended up in bitcoin.

helicopter money

Policy

Republican Senator Highlights Bitcoin's Battle in Shedding Criminal Baggage

Sen. Chuck Grassley is using "deeply flawed" estimates of illicit bitcoin activity to call for closer scrutiny of the industry, according to multiple crypto intelligence firms.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)

Tech

Blocknative Raises $12M to Follow Crypto Transactions ‘In-Flight’

The startup has its eyes on the mempool.

The Blocknative team

Finance

Anheuser-Busch InBev Taps Vaynerchuk to Lead Beer Giant's 'Long-Term' NFT Play

The tie-up puts everything from ticketing to merchandise on the table for NFTs from the multinational suds conglomerate.

Bud Light's Bud Knight hands out beer at Chickie's and Pete's in Philadelphia.

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.