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

Polygon Gave DraftKings Multimillion-Dollar Edge in Special Staking Relationship

Blockchain data shows the crypto project quietly gave DraftKings preferential treatment while telling the public it was an "equal" member of the validator community.

(Photo illustration by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Policy

Binance's Future and Other Questions Post-Settlement

What sort of impact will Binance's massive settlement have?

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Aave's GHO Stablecoin Nears Elusive Dollar Peg

A "benevolent temporary dictator" is helping the not-so-stablecoin get on track.

The Aave ghost (Aave)

Finance

Binance Got Huge Due to U.S. Customers. That Was Illegal, U.S. Says

Charging documents unsealed Tuesday against the crypto exchange and founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao detail years of compliance failures and obfuscation in the name of protecting Binance's most valuable – and off-limits – users.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Industry Goes Nuclear With Uranium-Linked Tokens

The Uranium3o8 tokens are backed by uranium from the publicly-listed Canadian exploration and development firm Madison Metals.

Uranium3o8 website (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Solana's Latest Block Explorer Shoots for Simplicity

The team behind SolanaFM says its overhauled service already has 53,000 signups.

Quantum block explorer (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Republic's Profit-Sharing Token on Avalanche Will Pay Investors VC Dividends

The latest entrant to crypto's RWA craze gives upside on Republic's venture portfolio.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bogus BlackRock XRP Filing Spoofs ETF Watchers, Crypto Traders

The fake filing sent XRP higher by more than 10% before the token gave back those gains.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Markets

Solana's SOL Rallies 20% in a Day, Erasing Woes of Past 18 Months

The Solana token's massive rally this year increases the odds that FTX customers will recoup all their lost money.

Solana price (CoinDesk)