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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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Securities and exchange commission
Tierion to Repay ICO Investors Up to $25M Plus Interest in SEC Settlement
The SEC order effectively blows up 1 billion TNT tokens.
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By Danny Nelson
Dec 24, 2020 at 8:30 p.m. UTC
Dec 24, 2020
Securities and Exchange CommissionTierionICOSettlements
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Markets
Winklevoss
Miami Mayor 'Exploring' Ideas in Crypto Governance
Mayor Suarez is open to everything from blockchain voting to tokenization.
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By Danny Nelson
Dec 24, 2020 at 6:40 p.m. UTC
Dec 24, 2020
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Markets
Russia
Crypto Exchange Livecoin Begs Users to Stop Trading After Losing Control of Servers
Livecoin asked clients to stop making deposits and trading after suffering a "carefully planned attack."
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By Danny Nelson
Dec 24, 2020 at 6:03 p.m. UTC
Dec 24, 2020
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Markets
Bitcoin funds
Scaramucci's Skybridge Invested $25M in New Bitcoin Fund
Scaramucci said Skybridge is running a full bitcoin node.
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By Danny Nelson
Dec 22, 2020 at 6:02 p.m. UTC
Dec 22, 2020
Bitcoin FundsAnthony ScaramucciSkyBridge
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Markets
Sec
Abandon ShipChain! Logistics Startup Torpedoed by SEC Over $27M Unregistered ICO
ShipChain is the latest ICO project sunk by Jay Clayton's SEC.
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By Danny Nelson
Dec 22, 2020 at 4:56 p.m. UTC
Dec 22, 2020
SECICOShipChain
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Markets
Bitcoin funds
Scaramucci's SkyBridge Launching a Bitcoin Fund
Anthony Scaramucci's $9.2B hedge fund manager is launching its first bitcoin fund.
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By Danny Nelson
Dec 21, 2020 at 5:28 p.m. UTC
Dec 21, 2020
Bitcoin FundsSkyBridge
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Markets
Grayscale investments
Grayscale Temporarily Stops Accepting New Clients in Six Crypto Trusts
Grayscale periodically closes off its crypto trusts to so-called "private placement" rounds.
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By Danny Nelson
Dec 21, 2020 at 4:56 p.m. UTC
Dec 21, 2020
Grayscale InvestmentsGrayscale Bitcoin TrustGrayscale Ethereum Trust
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Markets
Microstrategy
MicroStrategy Splurges Another $650M on Latest Bitcoin Investment
MicroStrategy is transforming itself into corporate America's boldest bitcoin bull, now owning bitcoin worth over $1.596 billion.
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By Danny Nelson
Dec 21, 2020 at 1:26 p.m. UTC
Dec 21, 2020
MicroStrategyMichael Saylor
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Policy
Fincen
US Floats Long-Dreaded Plan to Make Crypto Exchanges Identify Personal Wallets
FinCEN has proposed requiring exchanges to collect and report KYC information on unhosted wallets for transactions up to $10,000.
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By Nikhilesh DeDanny Nelson
Dec 18, 2020 at 9:53 p.m. UTC
Dec 18, 2020
FinCENUS Treasury Department
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Finance
Coinbase
Ruffer Investment Used Coinbase to Execute $745M Bitcoin Buy
Coinbase and One River Digital worked in tandem to execute U.K mega-manager Ruffer Investment's $745 million bitcoin purchase in November.
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By Danny Nelson
Dec 18, 2020 at 5:20 p.m. UTC
Dec 18, 2020
CoinbaseInstitutional InvestorsRuffer InvestmentOne River