Danny Nelson

Danny was 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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Tech

Top Crypto Startup Drove Other Projects' Airdrops to Its Employees

Eigen Labs circulated a list of team members' wallet addresses to EigenLayer ecosystem projects that were preparing to issue tokens. Some teams asked for it. At least one didn't.

EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan at ETHDenver 2024 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

As Restaking Takes Shape on Solana, Ethereum's Renzo Jumps in With 'ezSOL'

Liquid restaking protocol Renzo, known for its work on Ethereum-based projects like EigenLayer and Symbiotic, disclosed Wednesday that it's preparing a new liquid staking token focused on the Solana-focused restaking platform now under development by developer Jito Labs.

Renzo founding contributor Lucas Kozinski (Renzo)

Finance

Crypto Bank Anchorage Adds Custody for Solana-Based Tokens

"We're very responsive to what our clients ask for," CEO Nathan McCauley said.

Anchorage co-founder and CEO Nathan McCauley. (CoinDesk)

Tech

Crypto VC Paradigm Invests in MetaDAO as Prediction Markets Boom

MetaDAO, a Solana experiment in governance by "futarchy," raised a total of $2.2 million to fund operations.

Sporting a black hoodie, the pseudonymous coder known as Proph3t works in a Salt Lake City hacker house. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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)