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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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Helium Wireless Network Approves New Hard Cap for HNT Token Emissions
Adding a token hard-cap and introducing "halvenings" will make HNT tokenomics easier to understand, say project contributors.
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By Danny Nelson
Nov 19, 2020 at 6:31 p.m. UTC
Nov 19, 2020
IoTDecentralized WebHelium
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Policy
Payments network
SEC's Clayton Says Payment Inefficiencies Are Boosting Bitcoin's Rise
Clayton sounded more bullish on bitcoin than he's been in years in his Thursday interview with CNBC.
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By Kevin ReynoldsDanny Nelson
Nov 19, 2020 at 4:27 p.m. UTC
Nov 19, 2020
Payments NetworkBitcoin ETFJay Clayton
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Markets
Securities and exchange commission
Promoters of Rapper TI's 2017 ICO Ordered to Pay $103K Penalty
The associates are also barred from selling digital securities for five years.
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By Danny Nelson
Nov 18, 2020 at 9:14 p.m. UTC
Nov 18, 2020
Securities and Exchange CommissionFLiK
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Markets
Forbes
Binance Sues Forbes for Defamation Over ‘Tai Chi’ Document Leak
Binance sued Forbes for defamation Wednesday over a story last month that purported to reveal regulatory evasion tactics.
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By Danny Nelson
Nov 18, 2020 at 8:14 p.m. UTC
Nov 18, 2020
ForbesBinanceLawsuits
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Markets
Jpmorgan
'Not My Cup of Tea': Jamie Dimon Is Still Not a Bitcoin Fan
The JPMorgan Chase CEO said it's only a matter of time before the government moves to regulate bitcoin.
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By Danny Nelson
Nov 18, 2020 at 3:17 p.m. UTC
Nov 18, 2020
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Finance
Acquisitions
ConsenSys Acquires Blockchain Developer Toolmaker Truffle Suite
ConsenSys is adding dapp development platform Truffle Suite back to its lineup of wholly owned Ethereum tools.
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By Danny Nelson
Nov 17, 2020 at 8:45 p.m. UTC
Nov 17, 2020
AcquisitionsEthereumConsenSysTruffle
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Markets
Banking
Robinhood Gearing Up for Potential IPO in Early 2021: Report
Robinhood is looking for a banking team to partner in an IPO that could come next year.
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By Danny Nelson
Nov 17, 2020 at 7:56 p.m. UTC
Nov 17, 2020
BankingRobinhood
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Markets
Investing
This $29B Asset Advisory Is Giving Wealth Managers and Clients a Bitcoin On-Ramp
Mariner Wealth Advisors has tapped crypto firm Eaglebrook for its new bitcoin allocation engine.
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By Danny Nelson
Nov 17, 2020 at 6:13 p.m. UTC
Nov 17, 2020
InvestingEaglebrook
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Markets
Hedge funds
Scaramucci's $9.2B SkyBridge 'May Seek Exposure to Digital Assets'
SkyBridge Capital is giving itself an opening to indirectly invest in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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By Danny Nelson
Nov 16, 2020 at 5:21 p.m. UTC
Nov 16, 2020
Hedge FundsAnthony Scaramucci
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Markets
Money laundering
Payza Founders Sentenced in $250M Money Laundering Case
Canadian brothers Firoz and Ferhan Patel are headed to prison after admitting their payments company had broken the law.
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By Danny Nelson
Nov 13, 2020 at 6:25 p.m. UTC
Nov 13, 2020
Money LaunderingPayzaLegal