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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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Finance
Venture capital
CoinFund Targets ‘Early Mainstream Adoption’ With $83M Venture Fund
The six-year-old crypto VC firm has headlined seven fundraising rounds so far this year.
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By Danny Nelson
Jul 20, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. UTC
Jul 20, 2021
Venture CapitalCoinFund
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Finance
Andreessen horowitz
NFT Marketplace OpenSea Valued at $1.5B in $100M Funding Round Led by A16z
The NFT venue has crossed into the rarefied air of crypto unicorns.
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By Danny Nelson
Jul 20, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
Jul 20, 2021
Andreessen Horowitza16zNFTsOpenSea
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Policy
Olympics
US Senators Ask Team USA to Boycott China’s Digital Yuan at 2022 Olympics
“We cannot allow America’s athletes to be used as a Trojan horse to increase the Chinese Communist Party’s ability to spy on the United States,” said Sen. Cynthia Lummis.
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By Danny Nelson
Jul 19, 2021 at 10:07 p.m. UTC
Jul 19, 2021
OlympicsSportsCBDCsDigital YuanCynthia Lummis
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Markets
Federal reserve
COVID-19 Stimulus Checks Fueled 'Modest' Jump in Bitcoin Price Last Year: Cleveland Fed
Policymakers should not be concerned, the researchers wrote: Only 0.02% of coronavirus-relief checks ended up in bitcoin.
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By Danny Nelson
Jul 16, 2021 at 4:22 p.m. UTC
Jul 16, 2021
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Policy
Elliptic
Republican Senator Highlights Bitcoin's Battle in Shedding Criminal Baggage
Sen. Chuck Grassley is using "deeply flawed" estimates of illicit bitcoin activity to call for closer scrutiny of the industry, according to multiple crypto intelligence firms...
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By Danny Nelson
Jul 15, 2021 at 8:54 p.m. UTC
Jul 15, 2021
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Tech
Venture capital
Blocknative Raises $12M to Follow Crypto Transactions ‘In-Flight’
The startup has its eyes on the mempool.
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By Danny Nelson
Jul 14, 2021 at 4:05 p.m. UTC
Jul 14, 2021
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Finance
Beer
Anheuser-Busch InBev Taps Vaynerchuk to Lead Beer Giant's 'Long-Term' NFT Play
The tie-up puts everything from ticketing to merchandise on the table for NFTs from the multinational suds conglomerate.
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By Danny Nelson
Jul 14, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 14, 2021
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Finance
Wall street
S&P Dow Jones Launches 5 More Crypto Indexes; One Tracks 240 Coins
It’s the first major expansion of S&P’s crypto benchmarking tools since entering the market in May.
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By Danny Nelson
Jul 13, 2021 at 3:18 p.m. UTC
Jul 13, 2021
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Finance
Bny mellon
BNY Mellon to Provide Grayscale With ETF Services After 'Anticipated' GBTC Conversion
The world’s largest custodian bank will begin handling accounting and administration services for the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust in October.
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By Danny Nelson
Jul 13, 2021 at 1:34 p.m. UTC
Jul 13, 2021
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Finance
Coinbase
Goldman Sachs Calls Coinbase a 'Tactical Trade,' Predicts Q2 Earnings Beat
The investment bank said in a client note that crypto price volatility could pay off for the exchange.
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By Danny Nelson
Jul 12, 2021 at 9:22 p.m. UTC
Jul 12, 2021
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