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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Finance

Multicoin Led $10M Raise for Crypto-Incentivized Internet Infrastructure Network Pipe

The company behind Pipe is trying to take on internet giants like Cloudflare and Akamai, by giving crypto incentives to those hosting the servers.

Multicoin led a $10 million round for Pipe,  a proposed "content delivery network" that uses tokens to incentivize people hosting internet infrastructure. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Legacy Payment Processors Charge Adult Sites a Fortune; MyPeach.AI Found a Crypto Solution

Adult entertainment websites usually pay credit card companies through the nose. MyPeach.AI has found a stablecoin-powered workaround.

Crass Kitty at mtnDAO (Danny Nelson)

Finance

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Promises Changes, Noting It's Become Easier for 'Criminals to Abuse Our Platform'

"Establishing the right balance between privacy and security is not easy," he wrote on Telegram.

Telegram app on smartphone (Shutterstock)

Policy

Robinhood's Former Ban on Crypto Withdrawals Draws $3.9M Settlement in California

The popular trading app's sunsetted ban on customer crypto withdrawals caught the ire of California's attorney general.

Robinhood website on laptop (Unsplash)

Finance

Inside the Trump Crypto Project Linked to a $2M DeFi Hack and Former Pick-Up Artist

Four team members listed in World Liberty Financial's white paper previously worked on Dough Finance, which was drained of $2 million in July. One also founded Date Hotter Girls LLC.

Donald Trump, center, pictured with sons Eric Trump, left, and Donald Trump Jr. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Finance

Trump's New Crypto Business to Offer Access to 'High-Yield' Investments, Website Says

World Liberty Financial is "the only crypto DeFi platform supported by Donald J. Trump," according to homepage metadata.

Donald Trump at Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

'Pig Butchering' Scams Remain Dangerous Threat in Crypto Markets, Chainalysis Report Says

While other types of illicit activity are growing, scams are the biggest issue, Wednesday's report from the analytics firm said.

Chainalysis CEO Michael Gronager (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)