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.

Danny Nelson

Latest from Danny Nelson


Markets

Coinbase Taps Marcus Hughes as New Eurozone Chief

Hughes had taken over Coinbase's international legal operations earlier this month.

(Shutterstock)

Markets

Brazilian Lawmaker Proposes Crypto Regulations for a Country Devoid of Any

Brazil's crypto scene has been unbanked, unregulated and awash in legal uncertain for its entire history.

Senator Soraya Thronicke. (Michel Jesus/Câmara dos Deputados/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Wave of Bitcoin-Seeking Bomb Threats Sparks Probe by Austrian Police

Police say "numerous" Austrian companies got $20,000 bitcoin ultimatums in the mass extortion campaign.

(Flickr)

Markets

Binance.US Expands Into Florida, Eyeing Millions of Potential New Traders

Florida's financial regulators granted Binance.US a money transmitters license in July.

Binance.US CEO Catherine Coley

Markets

Brazil's Central Bank Tasks Group With Laying Out Road Map to Digital Currency Issuance

The 12-member team will submit their findings – and propose a CBDC issuance model – to the central bank in 180 days.

(Jo Galvao/Shutterstock)

Policy

Hong Kong Regulator Gives Crypto Exchange OSL Tentative Licensure Approval

OSL Digital Securities was the first crypto exchange to apply for the SFC's opt-in license last November.

Hong Kong

Markets

Uber's Former Security Chief Charged With Trying to Conceal Hack Using Bitcoin

Joseph Sullivan allegedly insisted the hackers sign NDAs in exchange for $100,000 in bitcoin hush money.

Uber

Markets

Polychain Capital's Original Crypto Fund Raises an Additional $19.5M

The fund has raised $307 million in its four-year history of investing in crypto and SAFTs.

Polychain Capital founder Olaf Carlson-Wee

Markets

Los Alamos Scientists Develop AI to Fight Cryptojacking

Their neural network works faster and more reliably than non-AI systems, researchers said.

servers

Markets

Tron Loses 23% of Its $4.3B USDT Reserves to DeFi Hotbed Ethereum

A "3rd party" crypto exchange ordered the swap. Signs point to Binance.

Swap