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

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Markets

MicroStrategy Buys the Dip, Adds $10M to Bitcoin Treasury

CEO Michael Saylor bought the coins for an average price of $31,808.

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Markets

SEC Calls Out Suspicious Crypto Companies Targeting Global Traders

The securities regulator added eight suspect crypto entities to its watchlist Thursday.

GrouchoMosh4

Markets

Pornhub Now Accepts Cryptocurrencies XRP, DOGE, BNB and USDC

The adult entertainment website now accepts payment in 16 cryptocurrencies.

Pornhub

Markets

BlackRock Gives 2 Funds Go-Ahead to Invest in Bitcoin Futures

The world's largest asset manager appears to be getting into the bitcoin game.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink

Markets

Bitfinex Says It's Nearly Done Turning Over Documents to NYAG

The document production process has already stretched over a year.

New York supreme court

Finance

Coinbase Buys Blockchain Infrastructure Startup Bison Trails

Bison Trails already partnered with Coinbase through its custody service.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Markets

Wireline Settles SAFT Suit With SEC; Peirce Partially Dissents

Wireline is now barred from distributing the tokens it promised investors in its 2018 SAFT sale.

Securities and Exchange Commission building in Washington, D.C.

Markets

Alt-Right Groups Received $500K in BTC Month Before Capitol Riot: Chainalysis

Chainalysis declined to directly link the donation to the Jan. 6 storming but said the timing "warrants suspicion."

Trump Supporters Hold "Stop The Steal" Rally In DC Amid Ratification Of Presidential Election

Markets

Grayscale's Crypto Products Raised Over $3B Last Quarter, the Most Ever

Grayscale's popular bitcoin trust once again led the pack with over $200 million in inflows every week.

Grayscale Investments CEO Michael Sonnenshein