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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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FinCEN's Wallet Rule Aims to Close Crypto-Cash Reporting Gap, Official Says
FinCEN Deputy Director Michael Mosier encouraged commenters to provide practical, technical feedback on the rule.
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By Nikhilesh DeDanny Nelson
Feb 1, 2021 at 8:04 p.m. UTC
Feb 1, 2021
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Markets
Funding
Robinhood Raises $3.4B Amid Growth Surge
The round is the stock trading app's largest raise ever.
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By Danny Nelson
Feb 1, 2021 at 6:09 p.m. UTC
Feb 1, 2021
FundingRobinhood
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The Small Guys Rebel Against Their Big-Brother Hedge Funds
What the GameStop stock market chaos can teach crypto and why the Bank of International Settlements is pitching CBDCs instead of crypto. Also the privacy concerns around China...
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By Anna BaydakovaDanny NelsonTanzeel Akhtar
Jan 30, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
Jan 30, 2021
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Blockfi
Crypto Lender BlockFi Registers Bitcoin Trust With SEC
BlockFi is the latest firm to go up against Grayscale's behemoth bitcoin trust.
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By Danny Nelson
Jan 29, 2021 at 6:07 p.m. UTC
Jan 29, 2021
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Markets
Microstrategy
MicroStrategy May Get Creative to Make Future Bitcoin Buys: CEO
The business intelligence company already has 70,784 bitcoins.
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By Danny NelsonZack Voell
Jan 28, 2021 at 9:31 p.m. UTC
Jan 28, 2021
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Markets
Ransomware
US Government Takes Aim at NetWalker Ransomware Attacks
Prosecutors indicted an alleged NetWalker affiliate and coordinated the takedown of darkweb resources.
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By Danny Nelson
Jan 28, 2021 at 7:54 p.m. UTC
Jan 28, 2021
RansomwareJustice DepartmentNetWalker
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Markets
Reddit
Retail Traders Sue Robinhood Over Meme Stock Restrictions
GameStop, which had been soaring for days on short squeezing and mass speculation, began tumbling after the major retail trading hub implemented the hold.
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By Danny Nelson
Jan 28, 2021 at 6:56 p.m. UTC
Jan 28, 2021
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Markets
Banking regulation
OCC Halts Fair Access Banking Rule
The rule would have prohibited U.S. banks from denying services based on ideological factors.
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By Danny Nelson
Jan 28, 2021 at 5:50 p.m. UTC
Jan 28, 2021
Banking RegulationOCCRulesBrian Brooks
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Markets
Bitcoin mining
Blockstream Buys $25M Worth of Bitcoin Mining Machines From MicroBT
The ASICs are set to be deployed in Blockstream facilities through the U.S. and Canada.
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By Danny Nelson
Jan 27, 2021 at 10:54 p.m. UTC
Jan 27, 2021
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Markets
Bitcoin
BIS Chief Blasts Bitcoin's Viability, Prompting Blowback From Advocates
Bitcoin maximalists cried foul at the central banker's prognostications.
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By Danny Nelson
Jan 27, 2021 at 9:20 p.m. UTC
Jan 27, 2021
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