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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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Microstrategy
MicroStrategy Buys Additional $50M in Bitcoin
MicroStrategy's share prices have increased over 170% since the company first announced its interest in bitcoin in July.
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By Danny NelsonZack Voell
Dec 4, 2020 at 10:59 p.m. UTC
Dec 4, 2020
MicroStrategy
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Markets
Citi
Citigroup Helping World Governments Build Digital Currencies, CEO Says
The multinational banking giant has been calling digital currency all but inevitable since 2014.
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By Danny Nelson
Dec 4, 2020 at 4:41 p.m. UTC
Dec 4, 2020
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Policy
Occ
OCC Chief Hints at Coming 'Good' Actions on Crypto by End of Trump's Term
Brooks hinted at a flurry of crypto clarity actions in the next 6 weeks that could drive more institutions into the asset class.
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By Danny Nelson
Dec 4, 2020 at 1:33 p.m. UTC
Dec 4, 2020
OCCBrian Brooks
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Markets
Sec
SEC Makes FinHub a Stand-Alone Office
The reorganization strengthens FinHub's ability to address the digital assets space.
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By Danny Nelson
Dec 3, 2020 at 8:47 p.m. UTC
Dec 3, 2020
SECSecurities RegulationFinHub
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Markets
Market cap
Bitcoin Undervalued Relative to Gold, Equities, Tudor Jones Says
The hedge fund manager has 1% to 2% of his multi billion-dollar portfolio in bitcoin.
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By Danny Nelson
Dec 3, 2020 at 6:47 p.m. UTC
Dec 3, 2020
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Markets
Elliptic
Darknet Markets Face Headwinds After Year of Mixed Results
Darknet markets are falling off the radar and watching their customer base level off.
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By Danny Nelson
Dec 3, 2020 at 3:07 p.m. UTC
Dec 3, 2020
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Markets
S&p
S&P Dow Jones Indices to Launch Crypto Indexes in 2021
Financial data provider S&P Dow Jones Indices is launching a crypto asset index in 2021.
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By Danny Nelson
Dec 3, 2020 at 2:33 p.m. UTC
Dec 3, 2020
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Markets
Institutional investors
Institutional Bitcoin Shop NYDIG Raises $150M for Twin Crypto Funds
New York Digital Investments Group raised $150 million for two new funds to invest in cryptocurrencies, according to SEC filings.
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By Danny Nelson
Dec 2, 2020 at 5:01 a.m. UTC
Dec 2, 2020
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Markets
Microsoft
Hackers Using Monero Mining Malware as Decoy, Warns Microsoft
Crypto-jacking is giving nation-state hackers a decoy for their more malicious attacks, Microsoft cautioned in a report.
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By Danny Nelson
Dec 1, 2020 at 6:15 p.m. UTC
Dec 1, 2020
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Policy
Treasury department
Coinbase CEO: Trump Administration May 'Rush Out' Burdensome Crypto Wallet Rules
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong publicly voiced concern the outgoing Trump Administration may ram through onerous new data-collection requirements for crypto exchanges.
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By Danny NelsonSebastian Sinclair
Nov 26, 2020 at 2:15 a.m. UTC
Nov 26, 2020
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