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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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Coffee
GrainChain's Smart Contracts Unite Honduras Coffee Business
The agro-focused blockchain platform has brokered deals to track the production and trade of coffee beans across the Honduran supply chain.
coffee, farm
By Danny Nelson
Sep 24, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 24, 2019
CoffeeNewsHondurasSupply ChainGrainChain
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Markets
Cisco
Cisco, SingularityNET to Decentralize Artificial Intelligence via Blockchain
Networking giant Cisco Systems is collaborating with SingularityNET on developing applications of decentralized AGI.
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By Danny Nelson
Sep 23, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 23, 2019
CiscoNewsArtificial IntelligenceSingularityNETBen GoertzelAGI
hacker
Markets
Crime
CipherTrace Scout App Takes Crypto Investigations Mobile
Blockchain forensics firm CipherTrace has developed a mobile tool for flagging bitcoin and ethereum tokens with a criminal past.
hacker
By Danny Nelson
Sep 20, 2019 at 3:45 p.m. UTC
Sep 20, 2019
CrimeSecurityIdentityIRSPaymentsFBINewsCipherTraceJulio BarraganCasey BohnNW3C
byrne, overstock
Markets
Sec
Byrne Sells Overstock Stake to Buy Crypto and Battle 'Deep State'
Former Overstock CO Patrick Byrne dumped his 13% stake in the company he founded to buy cryptocurrency and gold as he prepares to battle his enemies.
byrne, overstock
By Danny Nelson
Sep 20, 2019 at 2:35 a.m. UTC
Sep 20, 2019
SECPatrick ByrneNewsOverstock.comDeep State
lamesh, wallet, GK8
Markets
Wallets
Israeli Startup Creates Offline Crypto Wallet with Online Connectivity
Israeli startup GK8 unveiled a cold-storage crypto wallet with on-network transfer capabilities.
lamesh, wallet, GK8
By Danny Nelson
Sep 18, 2019 at 8:52 p.m. UTC
Sep 18, 2019
WalletsNewsZcashLior LameshIsrael Innovation AuthorityGK8Shahar ShamaiEran Tromer
freelance, cafe
Markets
Payments
Decentralized Employment Ecosystem Opolis to Integrate MakerDAO’s Dai Cryptocurrency
Opolis received a grant from MakerDAO to integrate its Dai cryptocurrency into its decentralized employer ecosystem for payroll and benefits.
freelance, cafe
By Danny Nelson
Sep 18, 2019 at 2:45 p.m. UTC
Sep 18, 2019
PaymentsInsuranceNewsMakerDAODAIJohn PallerOpolis
Space, the next frontier for blockchain.
Markets
Space
European Space Agency Backs Blockchain Satellite Project
Blockchain startup SpaceChain won a 60K euro grant from the European Space Agency to investigate use-cases for their satellite-based wallet system.
Space, the next frontier for blockchain.
By Danny Nelson
Sep 18, 2019 at 6:00 a.m. UTC
Sep 18, 2019
SpaceNewsSatelliteSpaceChainZee ZhengESA
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Markets
Real estate
AssetBlock Launches Tokenized Property Trading on Algorand Blockchain
Real estate startup AssetBlock has launched a new platform for trading commercial properties linked to tokens on the Algorand blockchain.
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By Danny Nelson
Sep 17, 2019 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
Sep 17, 2019
Real EstateNewsAlgorandTokenizationArrington XRPAssetBlockAlgo
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Tech
Bch
HTC's Blockchain Phone Now Supports Bitcoin Cash
Native support for bitcoin cash is coming to HTC's blockchain phone via a partnership with Bitcoin.com.
Credit: HTC
By Danny Nelson
Sep 16, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. UTC
Sep 16, 2019
BCHHTC ExodusOther Public ProtocolsBusiness News
crypto, fiat
Markets
Banking
Tagomi Rollout Paves Way for Institutional Crypto Shorting
Crypto brokerage Tagomi released its borrowing and lending platform to the wider public, enabling investors to short cryptocurrencies.
crypto, fiat
By Danny Nelson
Sep 13, 2019 at 5:14 p.m. UTC
Sep 13, 2019
BankingNewsCapital MarketsBusiness News