Danny Nelson
@realDannyNelson
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Time to go to bed at 11 to wake up at 5 to write a story for 7 that I should have written yesterday, or the day before, or the day before, instead of 4 hours before 9, when I start work
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Mike McCaffrey had a secret penthouse in the Bahamas but he was too cheap to buy his own $30 drink. I hope you enjoyed that Macallan, buddy. I didn't appreciate the bill.
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SCOOP: The chief architect of Solana's once mighty stablecoin exchange Saber hid behind anonymous developer accounts to pump billions of dollars into his DeFi empire.
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SCOOP: JPMORGAN LAUNCHES IN-HOUSE BITCOIN FUND
“I am not a Bitcoin supporter," Jamie Dimon has said. “On the other hand, clients are interested and I don’t tell clients what to do.”
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Exactly one year ago CoinDesk's Ian Allison exposed Alameda Research's kinda funky balance sheet
It set off a chain of events that led to this day: the conviction of Sam Bankman-Fried on massive fraud charges
This is the power of journalism
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Crypto has proven to be Tulipmania. As prices rise, tulip bulbs and
#crypto
currencies multiply until supply swamps demand at previous market clearing prices.
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CZ has a three year prohibition on working with Binance, per the plea agreement
CZ CEO: The Return. coming in 2027
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I bought a trump nft using a credit card because why the heck wouldn’t I and the website sent it to a wallet that I don’t control
Tremendous
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I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by jpegs
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boom
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SCOOP: Midwest Tungsten Service is auctioning the visitation rights to a 1,784 lb tungsten cube as an NFT
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JPMorgan also registered two NYDIG-backed bitcoin funds with the SEC Thursday, confirming CoinDesk reports.
JUST IN: Wells Fargo has registered a private bitcoin fund with U.S. regulators, becoming the latest mega-bank with an indirect crypto investment vehicle for its wealthiest clients.
@RealDannyNelson
reports
(corrected link)
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MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor got his bitcoin education from
@APompliano
@aantonop
@nlw
@ErikVoorhees
@PeterSchiff
and other "bitcoin luminaries" he stumbled upon while careening down the crypto "rabbit hole" earlier this year.
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Only in crypto can a company turn its compliance with a subpoena into an "exciting new partnership with the FBI"
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@tier10k
He already played the “I’m going to make billions of dollars to give it all away” card once
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I genuinely believe that the normalization of anonymous rumor-spreading accounts is against the public interest.
These accounts have no accountability, no transparency, no editors, no code
They amass massive followings publishing salacious maybe truths
1/n
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I’m 106 pages into
@laurashin
’s Cryptopians and am in disbelief at how much of a dumpster fire early ethereum leadership was
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The crypto industry is a series of fads that the same 100 people shuffle their money between
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NEW: is shutting down lending accounts in blacklisted regions; it's giving crypto lenders one week's notice to repay their debts.
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you don't realize how ...decentralized?... something is until you see its stakeholders fighting in a Discord at 2:49AM
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@daniel_tyukov
@CoinDesk
@solana
@solendprotocol
If by decentralized vote you mean one whale voted to merc another whale… then yes
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SCOOP: Trading Firm Susquehanna Plots Bahamas Crypto Expansion
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Friend tech is beautiful in that it enables everyone to find, deep down, an unregistered security within themselves.
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@TheMessenger
The person who wrote this tweet, who produced this video, who scheduled the socials is already fired… and all the stories associated with it are gone
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Do you ever wake up and say: “gee, I really wish I could trade onion futures today!”
Well, you can’t. Because this is America. And in America we don’t let you speculate on onion futures.
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One of my NFT sources (not me) is flexing hard in my DMs on this cursed Monday
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Solana used to be focused on DeFi trading at nasdaq speeds
Now its all about NFTs
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As the chief DAO reporter at coindesk i am in the DMs of all 24 actual defi users and around 100 of their alts
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*Clickety-clack* went their keyboards at 11:59 a.m. on this Monday as big-haired
@barrett_io
, dual-wielding Red Bulls, strode past three rows of hungry
@mtnDAO
devs.
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Solana moonbois who would like to personally attack me and my work can message me, right to my wallet, using
@saydialect
. I have the handle (@)Dnelson
I will be answering you from my
@solanamobile
phone
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@TheBullShiller
@CoinDesk
@360_trader
If you'd read the article you'd learn that paying for large Coinbase orders via PayPal costs you ~3x more than via Coinbase's other $25k-a-day options, like ACH transfers
Just trying to help ppl with open minds make informed decisions with their money
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NEWS: Massive TradFi hedge fund Third Point is investing in cryptocurrency... and is open to staking it!
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JUST IN: $USDC backer
@circlepay
is cooperating with an
@SECGov
investigation, filings show.
@realDannyNelson
reports
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I have been kicked from the discord for Sunny Aggregator following my report on the Saber ecosystem
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Remember when Block One rugged EOS for billions of dollars?
Absolutely Bullish
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“If you're going to put a billion dollars onto a crypto network, you don’t want it to be 100 things. You want it to be one thing: the most secure, rock solid, dependable, bulletproof structure you can possibly imagine”-Michael Saylor,
#Bitcoin
maximalist
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The reporter who snagged FTX “leaked financials” spotlighting 1000% revenue growth (WOW) was in the Bahamas yesterday interviewing the very effective altruist:
@SBF_FTX
.
HMMMM I wonder who would leak such a winning report?
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I'll be working in tandem with these two steady hands (and with our standout editing team) as Managing Editor, News Desk. Together we'll drive forward CoinDesk's leading coverage of this industry
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Aragon has blocked me from seeing its tweets. I am just trying to do my job as a reporter. Activist investors tell me that Aragon's team believes I am being paid by them to report on them (I am not).
I am still waiting on Aragon to respond to the following emails.
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@fintechfrank
Frank chaparro twitter AI:
1. Pick chart or stat
2. Describe using word “brutal”
3. Profit
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Microstrategy cycled thru gold, derivatives, equities, real estate in its search for a place to park nearly $500 million cash, Saylor said. They settled on bitcoin
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As the only
@realDannyNelson
, I am eager to start my career with the New York Islanders. Regretfully, my time representing Binance in court must now come to an end.
Congratulations to Danny Nelson for being selected with the 49th overall pick in the second round of the 2023 NHL Draft by the
@NYIslanders
‼️
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We’ve got 5 weeks to go in Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial. Go behind the headlines and inside the courtroom with CoinDesk’s pop-up newsletter
In today’s edition I wrote about growing tensions between the judge and his defense team
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Attending the SBF trial was the experience of a lifetime
The wooden benches I sat on for 5 weeks also gave me back pain for a lifetime
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“Tether is proud to be an industry leader in transparency.”
Tether asks court to protect confidential information of private companies⬇️
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MSM is out of its league with crypto.
So far, only
@CoinDesk
,
@decryptmedia
,
@TheBlock__
and
@MuyaoShen
(an industry specialist at
@crypto
) have covered North Korea's role in one of the biggest hacks in crypto history
Beats like this demand expertise. Adapt or die
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The hotly anticipated release of Solana NFT collection "Madlads" is delayed until Friday after surging internet traffic overwhelmed the project's minting.
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The 100% of revenue this project promises to its NFT holders might be better served funding a legal team.
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Yesterday I ate two cheesesteaks whiz wit, talked about JawnCoin and got piss drunk.
This morning im listening to WIP as i rush the steps
BIRDS BY 90 BABY
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Not subscribed to the SBF trial newsletter?
Many attending lawyers and reporters are. I'm working on deputy clerk Andy. The U.S. Marshals, too. (Judge Kaplan is a reach)
I queue at 5:000am daily to pencil PRISTINE COURTROOM COLOR.
sign up NOW!
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Parrot Finance’s promoters sold investors an $83 million vision of innovative crypto lending markets governed by the $PRT token
Now they’re asking those investors to walk away with pennies on the dollar — while possibly keeping millions for themselves
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Keep reading my coverage of Solana for more unauthorized takes
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No SEC filings today
No OCC filings today
No Federal Court filings today
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This is one of the most fascinating, complicated, crazy, mind numbing stories I’ve written at CoinDesk. I tried to give up on it many times but it kept getting pulled back in. Politics, technology, governance, philosophy…. Give it a read!
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ZEC, ZEN and XLM “may currently be a security, based on the facts as they exist today,” Grayscale said in recent, little-noticed filings.
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As a journalist, I do not - will not - pay sources for information. And I do not - will not - take payment for stories.
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Might be the most exciting all-nighter of my professional career
I promise you, the fruits of
@skesslr
's labor will not disappoint!
WE RIDE AT DAWN (pacific time)
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SOL is attempting to recreate summer 2021. Token is mooning + airdrop season is around the corner. Flashbacks to lollapalooza abound
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SCOOP: Polygon Labs paid $4 million in 2022 to host Starbucks' fated entrance into crypto: the Odyssey NFT loyalty program, which is shutting down this month
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CZ's private security home confinement proposal is also how we keep my cat from escaping
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Rememeber that time when Elon Musk dropped a Hitler meme in my replies?
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Sauces told CoinDesk that Axie is recruiting Dennis Rodman to help get its crypto out of Pyongyang
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NEW: Solana DeFi developers are racing to rescue Serum DEX amid fears the on-chain trading hub could become compromised following the collapse and hack of FTX, which controls its keys.
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NEW: 95% of executives polled by Gartner want to have fun staying poor.
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“We are simply trying to get Celsius in compliance with the law,” TSSB enforcement director Joe Rotunda tells CoinDesk.
JUST IN: The Texas State Securities Board is alleging that
@CelsiusNetwork
’s interest-bearing crypto deposits are unregistered securities.
@realDannyNelson
reports
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I've been identity-checked a lot in the past few weeks. CoinDesk reporters will never ask for your keys, tell you how much an article costs or invite you to their discord server.
Also, the fact that I don't have a blue check is MEANINGLESS.
Founders: don’t fall for these scammers pretending to be journalists in your DMs! These folks are using verified accounts that look quite believable.
They will send you a PDF to sign which contains some virus — don’t fall for it.
If you ever have any concern, ask them what…
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The fastest way to double your net worth in crypto is to halve your intelligence
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FloorDAO's loss of $2.5 million to a rebel faction highlights the growing effort by activist investors to hold DAOs accountable for their past promises.
Read the updated saga here:
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Don't give The Block a free pass for circulating a market manipulation that it DID NOT VET BEFOREHAND and only then bothering to check with BlackRock.
CoinDesk learned the hard way and we adjusted accordingly.
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Exactly one year ago we had all the information we needed
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I wrote a thing
I write many things, but only in this one do I combine “Empire State” with “Death Star.”
Find out why:
via
@coindesk
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Tomorrow’s SBF trial newsletter features the phrases “voluntarily defenestrated” and “legal whoopsie daisy” in the same sentence
You should probably sign up
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My “courtroom vibes” analysis of SBF trial’s closing argument, complete with literary analysis, body language interpretations and a hand-drawn sketch
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Mini scoop: Nexus Mutual is owed millions by policyholders who filed claims over the Euler hack.
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One young man said he was fundamentally against crypto without explaining why. Another prospective juror insisted “I don't understand crypto” despite his son’s explanations. He then gave Bernie Madoff a shoutout.
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Solana had deep ties with FTX. Each invested heavily in the others' assets (SOL tokens, FTX equity) and Sam Bankman-Fried's exchange held court over two pillars of the blockchain's DeFi ecosystem (Serum DEX, Sollet assets)
Sol is down 57% in a week
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Saylor says he didn’t plan on becoming a crypto rock star when he started investigating bitcoin’s potential in March. “I was just trying to act rationally in a turbulent world.”
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Beleaguered DeFi protocol Parrot Finance is moving forward with a controversial plan to buy back its PRT token. Here's who wins and loses in the latest DAO demise 🧵1/n
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