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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Markets

Solana CME Futures Fell Short of BTC and ETH Debuts, but There's a Catch

When adjusted for asset market capitalization SOL's relative futures volume looks better, K33 Research noted.

Solana CME futures first-day activity compared to BTC and ETH debuts. (CME/K33 Research)

Markets

Multicoin's Samani Explains Why SOL ETF Could Trounce ETH's

Solana generates a lot more fees with a much smaller market cap than Ethereum, Samani argued.

Kyle Samani (right) (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Solana's Biggest Protocol Jito Leans In on a Changed DC

JitoSOL is not a security, the protocol claimed in a new research paper.

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News Analysis

Solana Protected Gender Identity Before Panning It in Anti-Queer Ad

Weeks before Trump won again, Solana held an event that protected "gender identity."

Screenshot of now-deleted Solana ad (X.com)

Finance

Kraken to Offer Superfast Trading With Planned Launch of Colocation Service

Traders based in London can expect under a millisecond latency, the crypto exchange said.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/ Unsplash)

Finance

Cardano: Deep Dive on the Trump Reserve Token Whose Blockchain Ignores TVL

The Cardano Foundation measures growth in real-world use cases and not TVL.

Cardano at Consensus 2022 in Austin, Texas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Euler Looks to Build on V2's DeFi Lending Comeback Story

How Euler clawed back from a debilitating hack.

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Finance

Solana Inflation Reform Effort Fails on SIMD-0228's Dramatic Final Voting Day

Solana's high inflation status quo will remain –– for now.

Solana Hacker House in Miami (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Funds Bleed $4.75B as Market Drop Erases Post-Election Gains

Despite the decline in assets under management, cryptocurrency prices remain above pre-election levels.

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Finance

MtnDAO's Experimental Crypto Investment Fund Will 'Outperform VCs' Claims Founder

MtnDAO is launching a token and a futarchy-powered investment fund to boot.

mtnDAO host Barrett (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)