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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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Institutional Libra Backers Are Getting Cold Feet
Major Libra backers are backing out of the Facebook-led cryptocurrency effort, according to a WSJ report.
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By Danny Nelson
Oct 2, 2019 at 1:51 a.m. UTC
Oct 2, 2019
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JPMorgan, Intel Alums Launch Revenue-Sharing Stablecoin USDD
A dollar-backed stablecoin with a twist: revenue-sharing with the institutions that use it.
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By Danny Nelson
Oct 1, 2019 at 3:16 p.m. UTC
Oct 1, 2019
NewsStablecoinsGlobal Currency OrganizationJoe Vellanikaran
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Energy Commodities Trading Software Launches on Hyperledger Fabric
A new software based on the Hyperledger Fabric blockchain was launched for commodities trading for the gas industry.
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By Danny Nelson
Sep 30, 2019 at 4:00 a.m. UTC
Sep 30, 2019
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Harbor's Regulatory Wait Ends as FINRA Awards Broker-Dealer License
Harbor's broker-dealer licensing breaks a lengthy standoff between aspiring crypto broker-dealers and the U.S. regulators who approve them.
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By Danny Nelson
Sep 27, 2019 at 10:31 a.m. UTC
Sep 27, 2019
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Bittrex Adopts Chainalysis KYT Software to Flag Suspicious Activity
Bittrex's implementation of the intelligence software may help prevent bad actors from operating on the American exchange.
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By Danny Nelson
Sep 26, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 26, 2019
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Crime
US House Passes Bill for FinCEN to Study Blockchain Use
The House of Representatives passed legislation calling for FinCEN to study its use of “innovative technologies” — including blockchain.
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By Danny Nelson
Sep 24, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 24, 2019
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Exchanges
Bitrue Exchange to Launch Crypto-Backed Loan Platform
The service, which goes live on Sept. 30, loans BTC, ETH XRP and USDT at a 0.04% daily interest rate.
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By Danny Nelson
Sep 24, 2019 at 7:15 p.m. UTC
Sep 24, 2019
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GrainChain's Smart Contracts Unite Honduras Coffee Business
The agro-focused blockchain platform has brokered deals to track the production and trade of coffee beans across the Honduran supply chain.
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By Danny Nelson
Sep 24, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 24, 2019
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Cisco, SingularityNET to Decentralize Artificial Intelligence via Blockchain
Networking giant Cisco Systems is collaborating with SingularityNET on developing applications of decentralized AGI.
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By Danny Nelson
Sep 23, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 23, 2019
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CipherTrace Scout App Takes Crypto Investigations Mobile
Blockchain forensics firm CipherTrace has developed a mobile tool for flagging bitcoin and ethereum tokens with a criminal past.
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By Danny Nelson
Sep 20, 2019 at 3:45 p.m. UTC
Sep 20, 2019
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