Danny Nelson

Managing Editor - Data & Tokens

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.

Latest from Danny Nelson

Markets

Two Indicted in Latest Federal Prosecution of SIM-Swapping Crypto Theft

One alleged conspirator tried to SWAT the other after he "failed to share" the pair's stolen crypto.

Oct 28, 2020

Markets

Cambodia Central Bank Launches Bakong Blockchain Payments System

Cambodia sees Bakong as a critical step in modernizing its payment system and de-dollarizing its economy.

Oct 28, 2020

Project Bakong is named after Cambodia's eponymous sandstone temple.

Policy

Former BitLicense Chief to Manage Andreessen Horowitz's Cryptocurrency Efforts

Anthony Albanese will become chief regulatory officer for the tech ventures giant in November.

Oct 28, 2020

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) co-founder Marc Andreessen

Markets

MicroStrategy Is Looking to Buy More Bitcoin, President Says

Bitcoin is boosting MicroStrategy's market visibility, say executives. Revenues rose 6.4% year over year and the company notched a net loss of $14.2 million for the quarter.

Oct 27, 2020