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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Tech

FloorDAO Sends $2.5M to Splinter Group After Months of Fighting Over Financial Commitments

The NFT-focused fork of OlympusDAO failed to follow through on critical promises about asset buybacks, according to investors.

FloorDAO traders were looking for a payout – and got it. (Edgar Degas/Metropolitan Museum of Art, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison to Testify Tuesday in Sam Bankman-Fried Trial

Gary Wang, a former top lieutenant in Bankman-Fried’s empire, testified that Alameda had “special privileges” at FTX that allowed the hedge fund to spend $8 billion of exchange customers’ money.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried's Lawyers Test the Judge's Patience

Have you ever seen a Toyota Corolla?

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Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried, Other FTX Execs Committed Financial Crimes, Co-Founder Wang Testifies

Gary Wang, the former chief technology officer and co-founder of FTX, told a jury that he, Bankman-Fried and fellow former executives Caroline Ellison and Nishad Singh committed multiple forms of fraud.

Matt Huang of Paradigm arrives in court on Thursday, Oct. 5 to testify against Sam Bankman-Fried (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk).

Policy

Unpacking the First Day of Sam Bankman-Fried's Actual Trial

Two witnesses testified how FTX seemed safe – and really wasn’t, backing the Department of Justice’s opening argument.

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Policy

No Sam Bankman-Fried Jury Yet; Judge Expects to Cull 50 Prospects Quickly on Wednesday

Several prospective jurors revealed that they or loved ones lost money on crypto, including one whose brother was nearly ruined.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

The Collapse of FTX, in Sam’s Own Words

As we prepare to hear from the DOJ and Sam Bankman-Fried, here’s what the former crypto executive had to say about FTX’s collapse last year.

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Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Closest Friends Will Testify Against Him. Here’s Who Else We’ll Hear From

Sam Bankman-Fried's trial is set to start this Tuesday, and some of his former closest friends, have become his biggest threat.

Sam Bankman-Fried outside U.S. District Court on Feb. 9, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

Markets

Jade Protocol Faces Calls to Liquidate $31M Token Treasury

A longtime member says the DAO “poses a major investment risk to all token holders,” and should shut down.

Jade Protocol (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)