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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MicroStrategy's Bitcoin-Driven Offering Boosted to $650M After Notes Buyer Bought $100M More
MicroStrategy's debt raise resulted in an estimated $639 million for bitcoin purchases.
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Virgil Griffith Still Doesn’t Know What Exact Crimes He Is Accused of, Attorneys Say
Attorneys for Virgil Griffith want the U.S. government to specify the charges he’s facing rather than a broad claim that he violated U.S. sanctions.
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MassMutual Buys $100M in Bitcoin, Bets on Institutional Adoption With $5M NYDIG Stake
Massachusetts Mutual has made a $100 million investment in bitcoin and a $5 million equity stake in NYDIG.
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SEC Enforcement Director to Step Down by End of Year
Enforcement Director Stephanie Avakian led SEC investigations during the heart of its ICO crackdown.
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S&P, State Street Back $15M Investment in Crypto Data Startup Lukka
Lukka is looking to go mainstream with a strategic investment from three stalwarts of traditional finance.
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France Declares War on Crypto Anonymity, Cites 'Terrorism' in KYC Mandate
The French finance ministry is imposing sweeping KYC rules on all VASPs in the country.
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Bitcoin 'Making Progress' on Bid to Oust Dollar, Morgan Stanley Chief Global Strategist Says
Bitcoin's success should force governments to grapple with falling public trust in fiat currencies.
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Citi Analyst Chides Saylor's Bitcoin Focus, Cuts MicroStrategy to 'Sell'
MicroStrategy was trading sharply lower Tuesday after a Citi analyst changed his rating to "sell."
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Michael Saylor: Bitcoin's Cyber Hornet
Michael Saylor has been a bitcoin evangelist and dollar doomsayer for less than six months. But the bits that would become his bitcoin philosophy began forming three decades a...
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MicroStrategy Plans $400M Raise; Net Proceeds Will Fund More Bitcoin Buys
MicroStrategy is turning to investors to fund up to $400 million more in bitcoin purchases.
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