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.

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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

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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