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

DraftKings Dumps NFT Business, Citing Legal Developments

The sports gambling company faces a class action lawsuit alleging its NFTs are securities.

(Photo illustration by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Policy

Senator Lummis Proposes the U.S. Buy 1M Bitcoin to Reduce National Debt

The Wyoming senator brought a copy of her legislation to the stage at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville.

Senator Cynthia Lummis on stage in Nashville with a copy of her bitcoin reserve bill (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Trump Backs U.S. Bitcoin Reserve and Says Democrat Win Will Be Disaster for Crypto: 'Every One of You Will Be Gone'

Thousands of bitcoiners camped out for hours to see crypto's self-declared candidate on Saturday at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville.

Bitcoin price could be tied to the outcome of the U.S. election, Jefferies said. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Wall Street's Cantor Fitzgerald to Open Bitcoin Financing, Lending Business

The financial services company will start with $2 billion in lending.

Howard Lutnick (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Democrats Pushing Harris Campaign for 'Reset' on Crypto Stance, House Rep Says

Democratic members of Congress wrote a letter to the Democratic National Committee asking for it to embrace pro-crypto policy.

U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-NC) speaks Saturday at the Bitcoin Nashville conference. (Danny Nelson)

Finance

Trump Speaks Saturday at the Bitcoin Conference. Here's What Attendees Like 'The Crypto Patriot' Hope He Says.

“I want to hear [Trump] give a bold statement on the future of crypto and spark up what we all want," one person said.

Donald Trump (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Finance

$GREED 2.0: A New Lesson in Crypto Avarice That Might Also Enrich the People It Dupes

The first iteration of the $GREED project tricked people into tweeting an embarrassing message. This time, their money is frozen – but earning money.

GREED logo (Voshy/Medium)

Tech

Jito Releases Open-Source Restaking Service for Solana

The yet-to-implemented codebase allows any Solana-based protocol to use any asset for its economic security.

(Danny Nelson)

Finance

DeFi Giant dYdX Says Its v3 Platform Is Compromised – Just as It's Reportedly Up for Sale

News of the problem emerged just as Bloomberg reported dYdX v3 is for sale.

dYdX founder Antonio Juliano (dYdX)

Markets

Kamala Harris Meme Coin Soars to All-Time High After Joe Biden Drops Out

Crypto traders are once again betting on the very serious business of presidential politics via very silly meme coins.

KAMA meme coin (KAMA)