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

Federal Judge Orders Kik Technical Advisor to Sit for Deposition With SEC

Kik technical advisor Tanner Philp must sit for another deposition in the company's ongoing legal fight with the SEC over its 2017 token sale, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Ted Livingston, Kin Ambassadors event, April 2018, NYC. Photo by Brady Dale for CoinDesk.

Tech

Canada Forges $130,000 Development Deal for Steel-Tracking Blockchain

The Canadian government has awarded enterprise blockchain startup Mavennet a procurement contract for the development of an on-chain steel-tracking platform.

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Markets

Plaintiffs Move to Combine Their Market-Manipulation Lawsuits Against Bitfinex and Tether

Three class action lawsuits alleging Bitfinex and Tether manipulated the bitcoin market are moving to consolidate, with the stablecoin issuer promising to fight the claims.

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Markets

CabbageTech CEO Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison After Pleading Guilty in Fraud Case

Patrick McDonnell was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison and ordered to pay victims $225,000 after pleading guilty to charges he defrauded investors in his crypto trading platform, CabbageTech.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York via CoinDesk archives

Policy

US Lawmakers Try Again on Tax Relief for Small Crypto Payments

House Representatives’ bipartisan legislation would exempt realized crypto gains under $200 from taxation.

David Schweikert image via Gage Skidmore/Flickr Creative Commons

Markets

Anchorage Moves Into Crypto Trading With New Brokerage Service

Crypto custodian Anchorage is launching a brokerage for its institutional clients, supporting the effort with new analysis and risk modeling capabilities after acquiring data startup Merkle Data.

Anchorage co-founder and CEO Nathan McCauley. (CoinDesk)

Policy

NJ Counterterrorism Chief Warns US Congress: Crypto Is Funding 'Domestic Extremism'

New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness Director Jared Maples predicted Wednesday that domestic terrorists will increasingly turn to bitcoin.

U.S. Capitol

Tech

JPMorgan Veterans' Kadena Launches Public Blockchain, Integrates Wallet to Cosmos Network

Kadena, a startup spun out of JPMorgan’s blockchain center, has taken a step toward its vision of creating interoperable, scalable public blockchains with a full launch Wednesday.

Stuart Popejoy Image via CoinDesk Archive

Markets

Former Venezuelan Gold Mining Company Wants to Centralize Bitcoin ATM Infrastructure

First Bitcoin Capital Corp. wants to unite the providers of bitcoin ATMs around the world.

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Markets

More Than Half of Financial Advisors Want Better Regulation Before Investing in Crypto

More than half of financial advisors are too spooked by regulatory uncertainty to initiate or expand their cryptocurrency investments, a new study by Bitwise Asset Management found.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan