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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Policy

SEC in ‘Enforcement-Only Mode’ for Crypto, Commissioner Peirce Says at ETHDenver

“What I reflect is the fact that you all are spending part of your brainpower” wondering how to avoid getting sued, she said during a panel at EthDenver.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce  at ETHDenver 2024(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Solana Veterans Raise $17M for 'Backpack' Crypto Wallet, Exchange

Armani Ferrante's and Tristan Yver's startup raised the funds at a $120 million valuation.

Armani Ferrante (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Seeking Yield on $37M Ether Treasury, JPEG'd DAO Mulls Airdrop Farming

"There are possibilities to solidify the treasury at low risk," pseudonymous JPEG'd contributor 0xTutti told CoinDesk.

Farming (James Baltz/Unsplash)

Finance

Collapsed Real Estate-Backed Stablecoin Charts Path to Recovery

Tangible is looking to move past its failed stablecoin after learning the liquidity lesson the hard way.

Tangible CEO Jag Singh (Tangible)

Finance

How to Make (or Lose) Hundreds of Dollars Betting Crypto on Your Fitness Goals

"If I don't walk another 4,400 steps I'll lose $333." With a new app called Moonwalk, you get daily lessons in economics – and maybe healthier, too.

Marbius at mtnDAO (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

'The Goal Is Number Go Up': Inside a DAO’s Radical Governance Experiment

In Meta-DAO's conception of governance, every decision is based on what the market believes is the best outcome for its token, META.

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

Tech

Apple Vision Pros Are Practically Dress Code at This Crypto Hacker House

Airdrop riches and FOMO are fueling a run on Apple's pricey VR headset at mtnDAO, the Solana blockchain's largest community-run coworking meetup, in Salt Lake City.

Anders and Maribus wearing two of the many Apple Vision Pros at mtnDAO (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Revolut to List Bonk, Distribute $1.2M of Meme Coin in 'Learn' Campaign

Bonk's proponents hope to increase the meme coin's user base by 500,000.

A BONK ad in Salt Lake City (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Solana's Second Phone Crosses 100,000 Presales, Securing $45M for Development

Solana Mobile's "chapter 2" smartphone could ship in early 2025.

The Saga smartphone. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

CoinDesk’s New Owner Bullish Replaces CEO in Restructuring

Sara Stratoberdha replaces Kevin Worth, who has led CoinDesk since 2017.

Kevin Worth, former CEO of Coindesk (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)