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

US Mortgage Lender UWM Plans to Accept Bitcoin Payments

The Michigan-based company hopes to become the first nationwide mortgage lender to accept cryptocurrency.

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Finance

Steve Aoki Has Secured Funding to Pilot His NFT TV Show

The crypto-forward DJ is creating a “proper pilot” episode of his experimental NFT TV show, “Dominion X.”

Steve Aoki performs during Lollapalooza at Grant Park on July 29, 2021, in Chicago.

Policy

IRS, in Boon to Crypto, Will Reportedly Ignore How Bill Defines Broker; Bitcoin Rises

Citing an unnamed official, Bloomberg said Treasury won’t go after crypto firms that don’t meet the tax code’s definitions of a “broker.”

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Finance

TaxBit Raises $130M Series B at $1.33B Valuation

It's the second major funding round for the tax software firm this year.

Left to right: TaxBit co-founders Justin and Austin Woodward

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Finance

Dune Analytics, Home of DIY Data Dashboards, Raises $8M in USV-Led Series A

Dune lets anyone with on-chain know-how share their data creations with the world.

A DeFi degen riding a mountain of Dune Analytics data

Finance

Galaxy Digital Hires SIX’s Tim Grant to Lead Europe Expansion

Grant says the business focus will be on Switzerland and Germany, with an influence campaign planned for Europe’s newer crypto bastions.

R3 managing director Tim Grant speaks on a panel hosted by President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in May 2016.

Finance

Solana’s Mango Markets DEX Raises $70M in MNGO Token Sale

At its height, investors had plowed over $500 million in USDC into the trading platform’s 24-hour sale.

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Finance

Neuberger Berman Greenlights Indirect Crypto Investments for Commodities Fund

The $400 billion asset manager is expanding its investments strategy to include bitcoin and ether.

Joseph Amato, president and chief investment officer of Neuberger Berman Group LLC, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview.

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Finance

PNC Bank Planning Crypto Offering With Coinbase

A source said PNC, the fifth-largest bank in the U.S., plans to offer crypto investment services to clients.

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Markets

BitMEX Announces $100M CFTC, FinCEN Settlement

BitMEX will pay a $100 million penalty to resolve the charges, the firm announced in a blog post.

Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes