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

Crypto VC 1confirmation Raises $125M for Third Fund

The $800 million asset manager intends to keep investing in early-stage crypto projects with disruptive potential.

1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino

Policy

A16z Tells Congress SEC Disadvantages 'Ordinary Folks' From Token Investing

Andreessen Horowitz Managing Partner Scott Kupor blamed unclear guidelines for locking regular investors out of crypto’s upside.

Andreessen Horowitz's Scott Kupor

Finance

Goldman Sachs Report Projects Coinbase Stock Will Climb to $306, Looks to DeFi and Beyond

The mega-bank initiated its COIN coverage with a deep look at retail exchange upside and long-term growth drivers.

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Finance

MicroStrategy CFO Says Tech Companies Have an 'Imperative' to Hold BTC

"If you're not putting any of [your corporate treasury] into bitcoin, I don't think you're doing your fiduciary responsibility," said Phong Le.

Phong Le, president and CFO of MicroStrategy

Finance

Galaxy Digital Continues M&A Streak With Vision Hill Acquisition

Following its $1.2 billion BitGo acquisition, Galaxy is adding a data-focused asset management firm.

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz

Policy

Gensler Says SEC Should Be 'Ready to Bring Cases' Involving Crypto

The SEC chair continued to highlight investor protection as he previewed the regulator’s cryptocurrency enforcement efforts.

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler

Finance

Robinhood Rival Futu Plans to Offer Crypto Trading in US, Singapore, Hong Kong

With its number of new users and revenue surging, the Chinese brokerage app said it has begun applying for crypto-related licenses.

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Finance

Flux Protocol Raises $10.3M Seed Round to Build DeFi Infrastructure on NEAR

Distributed Global, Coinbase Ventures and others are betting the data protocol can help lending applications attract users to NEAR.

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Finance

Diddy, Haddish, Durant Revealed as Investors in Crypto-Powered Banking App Eco

The finance app’s $26 million March round scored investments from athletes, A-listers and entertainers.

Sean "Diddy" Combs attends the Million Dollar Bowl at The Dome Miami, Feb. 3, 2020.

Finance

Arweave-Based ‘Permanent Dropbox’ Raises $1.6M Seed Round

The decentralized file storage startup is betting consumers will latch onto a novel pricing model.

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