Danny Nelson

Danny was 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

Sam Bankman-Fried Hands Control of Crypto Trading Firm Alameda to Two Deputies

The crypto billionaire had already shifted most of his time to running FTX. Caroline Ellison and Sam Trabucco will continue running the show at Alameda Research.

San Francisco as seen from Alameda Island (Phil DuFrene/Unsplash)

Finance

FTX.US Launches Collectibles Arm in Boost to Solana-Based NFTs

The exchange will allow users to trade, mint, auction and authenticate Solana NFTs. Plans to support Ethereum NFTs are in the works.

FTX bought the naming rights to the Miami Heat arena in March. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk archives)

Policy

BlockFi Files for Bitcoin Futures ETF

The fund would only invest in bitcoin futures contracts traded on the CME.

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Finance

Art Blocks Raises $6M From True Ventures, Galaxy on Strength of Generative NFTs

In an interview on CoinDesk’s “Opinionated” podcast, founder Erick Calderon explained how a crypto side hustle grew into a leading digital art project.

Art Blocks founder Erick Calderon (Art Blocks)

Finance

SEC Subpoenas USDC Stablecoin Backer Circle

Circle said it is “fully cooperating” with the investigation but has declined to elaborate on its scope.

Circle founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire

Finance

US Bank Launches Crypto Custody With NYDIG Backing

The service will support private funds holding BTC, BCH and LTC, with an ETH option in the works, a source told CoinDesk.

(Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg)

Finance

VC Fund NFX to Go Deeper Into Crypto With $450M Seed Fund

The firm, now home to Libra co-creator Morgan Beller, is looking to fund early-stage crypto companies with billion-user potential.

Morgan Beller, general partner at NFX

Finance

Grayscale Adds Solana to $494M Digital Large Cap Fund

The asset manager’s bitcoin-heavy fund allocated 3.24% to SOL Friday.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein speaks at Consensus: Invest 2018. (CoinDesk archives)