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Danny Nelson

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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Policy
Crime
MakerDAO Bounty Program Catches 'Critical' Bug Before Launch
MakerDAO patched a "critical" bug in its upcoming Multi-Collateral Dai upgrade that could have put 10% of the system's total collateral at risk.
hacker
By Danny Nelson
Oct 3, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 3, 2019
CrimeSecurityIdentityMakerDAOWhite-hat
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Markets
Security
Algorand Integrates Tech to Bring Users Detailed Analysis of Largest Blockchains
Algorand is gaining the ability to analyze the largest blockchains by adding the PARSIQ monitoring system to its platform.
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By Danny Nelson
Oct 3, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 3, 2019
SecurityIdentityNewsDistributed Ledger TechnologyAlgorandSteve KokinosPARSIQ
chainalysis, branding
Markets
Ethereum
Chainalysis Adds More ERC-20 Tokens to Crypto Sleuthing Service
Chainalysis' expansion brings its compliance and tracking software to a larger swath of ERC-20 tokens.
chainalysis, branding
By Danny Nelson
Oct 3, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. UTC
Oct 3, 2019
EthereumAMLNewsJonathan LevinChainalysisOther Public Protocols
Facebook Libra
Markets
Facebook
Institutional Libra Backers Are Getting Cold Feet
Major Libra backers are backing out of the Facebook-led cryptocurrency effort, according to a WSJ report.
Facebook Libra
By Danny Nelson
Oct 2, 2019 at 1:51 a.m. UTC
Oct 2, 2019
FacebookLibraNews
two planes stablecoins Andrew Palmer
Markets
News
JPMorgan, Intel Alums Launch Revenue-Sharing Stablecoin USDD
A dollar-backed stablecoin with a twist: revenue-sharing with the institutions that use it.
two planes stablecoins Andrew Palmer
By Danny Nelson
Oct 1, 2019 at 3:16 p.m. UTC
Oct 1, 2019
NewsStablecoinsGlobal Currency OrganizationJoe Vellanikaran
power, energy
Markets
News
Energy Commodities Trading Software Launches on Hyperledger Fabric
A new software based on the Hyperledger Fabric blockchain was launched for commodities trading for the gas industry.
power, energy
By Danny Nelson
Sep 30, 2019 at 4:00 a.m. UTC
Sep 30, 2019
NewsHyperledger Fabric
Josh Stein
Markets
Sec
Harbor's Regulatory Wait Ends as FINRA Awards Broker-Dealer License
Harbor's broker-dealer licensing breaks a lengthy standoff between aspiring crypto broker-dealers and the U.S. regulators who approve them.
Josh Stein
By Danny Nelson
Sep 27, 2019 at 10:31 a.m. UTC
Sep 27, 2019
SECFINRARegulationNewsHarborJosh Steincrypto broker-dealer
zep
Markets
Security
Bittrex Adopts Chainalysis KYT Software to Flag Suspicious Activity
Bittrex's implementation of the intelligence software may help prevent bad actors from operating on the American exchange.
zep
By Danny Nelson
Sep 26, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 26, 2019
SecurityComplianceFATFRegulationNewsJonathan LevinChainalysisBittrexJohn Roth
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Markets
Crime
US House Passes Bill for FinCEN to Study Blockchain Use
The House of Representatives passed legislation calling for FinCEN to study its use of “innovative technologies” — including blockchain.
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By Danny Nelson
Sep 24, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 24, 2019
CrimeSecurityFinCENAMLNewsAnthony GonzalezGerard DacheGovernment Blockchain Association
Loans
Markets
Exchanges
Bitrue Exchange to Launch Crypto-Backed Loan Platform
The service, which goes live on Sept. 30, loans BTC, ETH XRP and USDT at a 0.04% daily interest rate.
Loans
By Danny Nelson
Sep 24, 2019 at 7:15 p.m. UTC
Sep 24, 2019
ExchangesLoansNewsBitrueCuris Wang