Danny Nelson

Danny is CoinDesk's managing editor for Data & Tokens. 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 tokens, as well as the LinksDAO NFT.

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Markets

Cboe Plans to Launch Cryptocurrency Indexes in Q2 2021

Cboe is joining the race to take cryptocurrency pricing mainstream with a planned index launch in Q2 2021.

The Chicago Board Options Exchange.

Markets

SBI Financial Acquires Institutional Crypto Desk B2C2

SBI Financial Services has acquired cryptocurrency trading platform B2C2, according to a report.

B2C2 founder Max Boonen

Markets

Coinstar Expands Its Coinme Bitcoin Kiosk Fleet to 5,000

Coinme-powered bitcoin kiosks have sold 650% more bitcoins this year than in 2019.

Customers aren't just buying toilet paper at the supermarket.

Finance

Aegis Custody Clears Hurdle in Bid for South Dakota Trust Charter

Aegis Custody wants to build a tokenized bridge between U.S. investors and trade finance opportunities in Asia.

south dakota

Markets

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.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor

Policy

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.

Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith is accused of violating U.S. sanctions law.

Markets

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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Markets

SEC Enforcement Director to Step Down by End of Year

Enforcement Director Stephanie Avakian led SEC investigations during the heart of its ICO crackdown.

Securities And Exchange Commission Announces Lawsuit Against Elon Musk

Markets

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.

Wall Street awaits.

Markets

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.

Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire called the actions necessary in light of terrorist crypto usage.