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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US Air Force and Raytheon Are Studying How Distributed Ledgers Could Help Command the Skies

The $500,000 contract continues USAF's recent history of blockchain investments.

A USAF Airman participating in command and control drills near Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.
(Staff Sgt. Kaylee Clark/USAF)

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Stacks Foundation to Spend 'Majority' of STX Token Fortune on Ecosystem Development

Grant ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 will be paid out in dollars. Once Stacks 2.0 goes live, the funding switches over to STX.

Executive Director Brittany Laughlin of the Stacks Open Internet Foundation (Stacks)

Política

Saudi Arabia Pitches Blockchain-Based Business Passport to Boost Trade Finance

The passport would help businesses cut through redundant red tape and flourish across borders, Saudis said.

B20 Chair Yousef Al-Benyan said the passport could be especially helpful to small businesses recovering from COVID-19 economic slowdowns. (B20)

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Self-Help Firm That Mostly Took Bitcoin as Payment Mostly Just Helped Itself, SEC Charges

Ninety-two percent of Mindset 24 investors allegedly lost some of their funds. They'd paid in over a million dollars, mostly in bitcoin.

SEC

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Coinbase Building Platform to Help Crypto Startups Launch Tokens, Raise Cash

The platform will "hand hold" hopeful crowdfunders through the token issuance, custody, development and governance process, according to CEO Brian Armstrong.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

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SPiCE Takes Tokenized Blockchain VC Fund to Asia in Quest for Greater Liquidity

Tal Elyashiv thinks Malaysia's Fusang Exchange will bring SPiCE VC the liquidity surge he seeks.

Venture chief Tal Elyashiv thinks his tokenized VC fund can find a foothold on Asian exchanges. (SPiCE)

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Five CoinMarketCap Executives Depart Binance-Owned Firm

Binance plans to replace the executives with its own staff.

(Shutterstock)

Tecnologia

Coinbase Adds Marc Andreessen as Board Observer, Replacing Chris Dixon

The high-profile additions come as Coinbase reportedly eyes a public offering.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

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Prosecutors Detail 'Shadow Bank' Accounts in Fowler Crypto Case

U.S. prosecutors have unveiled 56 bank accounts under scrutiny in Reginald Fowler's legal travails.

(Jan Antonin Kolar/Unsplash)

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US Files Suit Against Crypto Accounts Tied to North Korea

Prosecutors say the 280 accounts hold crypto stolen from two exchange hacks last year.

(Shutterstock)