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.

Danny Nelson

Latest from Danny Nelson


Mercati

US Homeland Security Funds Anti-Forgery Blockchain Projects in Latest R&D Round

The five companies will use DLT in food tracing, essential worker licensure, overhauling the Social Security Number system and tracking e-commerce.

A CBP officer inspects a shipment of flowers entering the U.S.

Tecnologie

DOJ Warns of Possible 'Oncoming Storm' in Report Detailing Dangers of Terrorist Use of Crypto

The Department of Justice has released a ‘first of its kind’ framework for policing the cryptocurrency space.

Attorney General William Barr

Mercati

Riot Buys 2,500 More Bitmain Miners in Latest Fleet Expansion

The publicly traded bitcoin miner aims to quadruple its current hashrate by mid-2021.

A crypto mining farm.

Mercati

On-Chain Real Estate Startup Propy Raised $1.2M in Draper-Backed Round

The real estate digitization platform aims to raise $1.7 million.

Real estate

Mercati

Bill to Give Blockchain Records Legal Clout Reintroduced in US House

Rep. Soto and Rep. Schweikert call for recognizing blockchain signatures as legal instruments in their new bill.

Rep. David Schweikert

Mercati

Japanese Crypto Exchange TaoTao Agrees to SBI Purchase After Binance Talks End

The all-stock deal bolsters SBI's crypto exchange services in Japan.

Japan shops

Politiche

Ripple Chairman Says Firm Could Leave US if Regulatory Environment Doesn't Change

Ripple has threatened to leave the U.S. if crypto regulation doesn't change.

Ripple Executive Chairman Chris Larsen and Lyna Lam

Mercati

Unsuccessful Telecom Hack Targeted Israeli Crypto CEOs

Mossad and Shin Bet are have been made aware of an early September hack that hit 20 cryptocurrency executives.

A cell tower in Or Yehuda.

Mercati

US-Regulated Bitcoin Derivatives Market Bitnomial Raises $11.6M in Electric Capital-led Series B

The disclosure comes shortly after U.S regulators' crackdown on retail competitor BitMEX.

Retail traders were eager to get in on the bitcoin action.