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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Finance

Blockchain Sleuthing Firm Chainalysis Slashes 20% of Workforce

Chainalysis laid off 39 employees Thursday citing the need for a "path to profitability."

Chainalysis at Consensus 2019

Finance

Vermont Utility Customers to Trade Renewable Energy Credits on LO3 Blockchain

With an ambitious 100% renewables goal by 2025, the new marketplace by Green Mountain Power and LO3 Energy is an eco blockchain play.

Shutterstock

Finance

1 Gigawatt Bitcoin Mine Under Construction in Texas Would Dwarf Bitmain's

The $150 million bitcoin mine could become the world's largest – surpassing Bitmain's, whose own mega mining operation is in the same Texas town.

Chad Harris/Whinstone US

Policy

FinCEN: Stablecoin Issuers Are Money Transmitters, No Matter What

“Just because you say you are a banana doesn’t make you a banana,” said Director Blanco.

FinCEN director Kenneth Blanco

Policy

Brooklyn ICO Promoter Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison

The fraudster used diamonds and real estate to whisk away $300,000 in other people's money in 2017.

Brooklyn courthouse image via CoinDesk archives

Policy

Andrew Yang Campaign Releases Technology Plan Focused on Rebuilding Public Relationship With Big Tech

The crypto-friendly presidential candidate outlined his tech visions in a blog post to his campaign site.

Andrew Yang

Policy

FEMA Advisory Board Proposes Blockchain to Speed ‘Disaster Dividend’ Payouts

The NAC argued that blockchain could improve the speed of payouts communities rely on in the wake of natural disasters.

Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Markets

Stablecoin Crisis Could Wreck Global Finance, Fed Warns in New Report

The Fed warned that a stablecoin crisis could wreak havoc on the global economy and outlined the steps issuers must take to protect the status quo. 

Federal Reserve. Credit: Shutterstock

Markets

Chainalysis Says BitForex Trading Volumes Could Be Fake

The BitForex exchange could be faking its bitcoin trading volume, according to a report by Philip Gradwell, chief economist at Chainalysis.

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Markets

Crypto.com Grows Offerings With New Exchange and Fundraising Platform

The exchange, along with its existing wallet and debit card service, readies Crypto.com for rainy days and bull runs alike, CEO Kris Marszalek said.

Kris Marszalek, Crypto.com