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

Israeli Seizure Order Shows Hamas Holds USDT, TRX, DOGE

The wallets, 84 in all, show the terrorist group has diversified its holdings far beyond bitcoin.

Hamas Organizes A Demonstration Supporting Hezbollah

Finance

Daniel Loeb's Third Point Leads $27M Investment in Crypto Compliance Startup CipherTrace

The hedge funder’s latest crypto bet adds fuel to CipherTrace’s growing crypto compliance and investigations business.

Hedge fund billionaire Daniel Loeb.

Finance

Visa, PayPal Join Crypto VC Blockchain Capital’s New $300M Fund

PayPal said it's the first time the company has invested as an LP in a fund focused on blockchain and digital assets.

Blockchain Capital's Spencer Bogart speaks at CoinDesk's Consensus: Invest event in New York, Nov. 28, 2017.

Finance

Upstart Crypto Tracer Brings ‘Middleware’ to Busy Blockchain Analysis Industry

Blocktrace’s new product pools multiple data intelligence streams to help investigators demystify high-profile crypto crimes.

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Finance

BlackRock Wants a Blockchain Strategy for Aladdin, Its Investments Engine

A job posting reveals enterprise blockchain ambitions at the world’s largest asset manager. Public and private chains are up for evaluation, a source said.

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Finance

TRM Labs Raises $14M as Crypto Tracking Steps Into Spotlight

The San Francisco intelligence firm has seen revenues surge as blockchain analysis goes mainstream.

TRM Labs co-founders Esteban Castano (left) and Rahul Raina

Finance

Real Vision Raises $35M in Bid to Shake Up Financial Media

Raoul Pal’s mini media empire is wooing TradFi stalwarts and crypto maxis alike.

Real Vision co-founder Raoul Pal speaks at CoinDesk Consensus: Invest 2017.