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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Finance

Donald Trump's NFTs Have Limits Normal Ones Don't

Buyers of these Bitcoin ordinals can't trade them for almost a year.

Donald Trump pitching his NFTs (CollectTrumpCards.com)

Finance

Solana Mobile to Sell Second Crypto Smartphone

The successor to Saga will have new hardware and a cheaper price point, according to a person familiar with the plans.

The Saga smartphone. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Liquidity-Focused Berachain Opens Layer-1 Testnet to Public

Berachain's pseudonymous founders plan "to accomplish more with less initial resources."

The current crypto bear market continues. (mana5280/Unsplash)

Policy

Hacker Seized SEC Phone Number to Post Fake Bitcoin ETF Approval, X Says

The revelation raises questions about the investments regulator's security protocols.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler in Washington on Oct. 25, 2023 (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto Boosters Attack SEC for 'Manipulating' BTC Market After ETF Tweet

Lawmakers and crypto boosters are asking questions about how the SEC's X (formerly Twitter) account was compromised, leading to a bogus tweet on Tuesday.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) is one of the lawmakers asking for more information after the SEC's X account was compromised on Tuesday. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Tech

Mango Markets Faces Regulatory 'Inquiry' Ahead of Eisenberg Crypto Fraud Trial

The DEX is voting on whether to appoint a representative to triage this inquiry.

A cubist painting of a federal agent inspecting a mango with a magnifying glass (DALL-E)

Finance

Jupiter Targets JUP Airdrop for End of January

The Solana-based trading aggregator will test the longevity of the Solana frenzy.

Planet Jupiter and its great red spot

Finance

Amid Bitcoin ETF Race, Wall Street Giants Dot Their Bureaucratic I's as Likely SEC Action Looms

BlackRock, Fidelity and Invesco want all their ducks in a row should the SEC grant approvals early in the new year.

Gary Gensler's SEC must now decide what to do about multiple applications for BTC and ETH ETFs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Terraform Labs' LUNA and MIR Tokens Are Securities, Judge Rules

A federal judge issued summary judgements siding with the SEC's arguments that Terraform had illegally sold unregistered crypto securities.

(Annie Spratt/Unsplash)

Policy

Crypto Exchange Catalyx Suspends Trading, Withdrawals Following 'Security Breach'

The Canadian exchange suffered a security break earlier this month, resulting in the loss of an unknown amount of customer funds.

Canadian regulators ordered a freeze on Catalyx recently.