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Danny Nelson

Danny Nelson

Danny is CoinDesk's deputy business editor. 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, as well as the LinksDAO NFT.

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Ripple
MoneyGram Puts Relationship With Ripple's XRP on Hold
The money transfer company said it "is not planning for any benefit from Ripple market development fees" in Q1. In last year's Q1, MoneyGram banked $12.1 million in such fees...
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By Danny Nelson
Feb 22, 2021 at 7:04 p.m. UTC
Feb 22, 2021
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Hacks
Crypto Taxes Are Coming So What Is Next?
The coming crypto taxation in Russia and India, North Korean hackers indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice and the GameStop story rolling into the U.S. Congress.
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Feb 22, 2021 at 2:33 p.m. UTC
Feb 22, 2021
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Finance
River financial
Bitcoin Brokerage River Financial Raises $17M: SEC Filings
River Financial's equity sale comes as the high-end brokerage embarks on a major hiring push.
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By Danny Nelson
Feb 19, 2021 at 6:31 p.m. UTC
Feb 19, 2021
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Microstrategy
MicroStrategy Raises $1.05B in Latest Debt-for-Bitcoin Offering
MicroStrategy's business strategy is to buy as much bitcoin as it possibly can.
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By Danny Nelson
Feb 19, 2021 at 4:04 p.m. UTC
Feb 19, 2021
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Bitcoin donations
Fidelity's Charity Arm Raised $28M in Crypto Donations Last Year
The 2020 crypto totals beat 2019's tally of $13 million, but the amount fell short of 2018's $30 million.
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By Danny Nelson
Feb 18, 2021 at 8:25 p.m. UTC
Feb 18, 2021
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Markets
Coinbase
Tesla Tapped Coinbase for $1.5B Bitcoin Buy: Report
Coinbase is emerging as a major player in corporate America's march toward bitcoin.
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By Danny Nelson
Feb 17, 2021 at 6:42 p.m. UTC
Feb 17, 2021
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Markets
Crime
Automated Crypto Investing App Coinseed Faces Fraud Charges in NY, SEC Lawsuits
Coinseed allegedly bilked investors of $1 million through false statements, hidden fees and a flopped token.
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By Danny Nelson
Feb 17, 2021 at 6:15 p.m. UTC
Feb 17, 2021
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Markets
Funding rounds
Crypto Wallet Startup Blockchain.com Raises $120M From Investors Including Google Ventures
Blockchain.com said the institutional backing will power an increasingly institutional-minded business.
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By Danny Nelson
Feb 17, 2021 at 1:55 p.m. UTC
Feb 17, 2021
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Markets
Bitwise
Bitwise Launches DeFi Crypto Index Fund
The fund bets on 10 Ethereum-based protocols angling to shape the future of finance.
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By Danny Nelson
Feb 17, 2021 at 1:35 p.m. UTC
Feb 17, 2021
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Finance
Coinflash
MicroStrategy Boosts Latest Debt-for-Bitcoin Offering to $900M
The firm has already bought 70,784 bitcoin, an amount now worth around $3.6 billion.
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By Danny Nelson
Feb 17, 2021 at 1:06 p.m. UTC
Feb 17, 2021
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