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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Finance

Solana DeFi Protocol Kamino Sets KMNO Token Airdrop for April

The airdrop will reward users based on their points totals.

Arbitrum airdrop goes live. (Pexel/Pixabay)

Finance

Wormhole to Airdrop 617M W Tokens to Past Users

The cross-chain bridging project confirmed it will release a token.

Wormhole (Genty/Pixabay)

Tech

Jupiter’s Perpetual Crypto Trading Falters as Bitcoin Hits Record

The Solana-based trading platform was experiencing issues with its price feed infrastructure.

Planet Jupiter and its great red spot

Finance

USDR Issuer Tangible Plans to Redeem Itself as a Layer-2 for Real-World Assets

First came the literal redemption for failed stablecoin USDR. Now comes the metaphorical redemption as Tangible changes its name to re.al.

Fresh red paint on a white wall.

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)