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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Markets

Invesco Plans Two Crypto-Focused ETFs

Atlanta-based Invesco is an investment management firm with $1.5 trillion in assets.

Invesco

Policy

Volcano-Powered Bitcoin Mining Goes From Twitter Idea to State Policy in El Salvador

President Nayib Bukele is moving on multiple fronts to make El Salvador an unlikely bitcoin mecca.

A sign outside the Ahuachapán Geothermal Power Plant in El Salvador.

Finance

Solana Labs Raises $314M in Token Sale Led by A16z, Polychain

It's one of the largest token sales in recent memory.

Solana COO Raj Gokal, left, and CEO Anatoly Yakovenko

Policy

New York State Senate Approves Watered-Down Bill Targeting Bitcoin Mining Emissions

The bill, which originally sought to freeze all “cryptocurrency mining centers” in New York for up to three years, heads to the Assembly with a more tailored focus.

The New York State Capitol building

Policy

El Salvador Commerce Secretary: Bitcoin Won't Replace Dollar

Miguel Kattán, a member of President Nayib Bukele’s cabinet, sought to reassure Salvadorans fearful of a full pivot to a bitcoin standard.

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Finance

President of El Salvador Says He’s Submitting Bill to Make Bitcoin Legal Tender

An emotional Jack Mallers announced the news at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami.

Jack Mallers speaks at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami.

Markets

JPMorgan Job Posts Hint at Bank's Broader Cryptocurrency Ambitions

The megabank is on the hunt for its first crop of crypto-savvy employees. Experience with bitcoin and ethereum is “a huge plus.”

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon

Finance

Coinbase Debit Card Now Works With Apple Pay

The integration brings the crypto exchange’s rewards-heavy spending tool to the iPhones of U.S. users.

The Coinbase Card is coming to U.S. customers in 2021.

Finance

DeFi's Set Labs Raises $14M to Expand Crypto's Tokenized 'ETFs'

The San Francisco startup is building DeFi’s answer to the exchange-traded fund.

The Set Labs team, with CEO Felix Feng at center, pose for a photo in Osaka, Japan.

Finance

WisdomTree Files Ethereum ETF Application as Bitcoin Bids Await SEC Decision

The asset manager becomes the second firm to submit an ETH ETF application with the U.S. regulator.

Which is the wise one?