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

A $27M Crypto Loss Reveals a Toxic Mix of Money-Hungry Traders and DAO Idealists

It wasn't only the $90,000 spent on naming rights for a rare Ecuadorian frog species that turned off members of this decentralized blockchain-powered community project; some savvy arbitrageurs just wanted their share of the project's treasury.

Riot Pepe wearing noggles. (Story illustration by Danny Nelson;Hazard/Rook)

Policy

Vivek Ramaswamy Is Drafting a 'Crypto Policy Framework'

The Republican candidate is second only to Donald Trump in some polls.

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and Messari's Ryan Selkis (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Empire Was Crushed by This Infamous Balance Sheet. Here’s More of the Story

An Alameda balance sheet revealed just how fraught FTX’s situation was.

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Policy

Appeal Court Punts on Bankman-Fried's Bid to Secure Release from Jail

The one-time crypto exchange executive has made several arguments to get out of jail before his trial.

Sam Bankman-Fried leaving court on Feb. 16, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

Policy

The SBF Trial: How Did We Get Here?

Sam Bankman-Fried is two weeks away from trial. His next hope is a sympathetic jury.

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Policy

DOJ Slams Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘Intrusive’ Proposed Jury Questions

In a separate filing, prosecutors went about prepping the courthouse’s tech.

Sam Bankman-Fried outside court on Feb. 9, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

Finance

Franklin Templeton Joins Spot Bitcoin ETF Race

The financial services heavyweight joins its brethren BlackRock, Fidelity and others in vying for a spot bitcoin ETF.

Jenny Johnson, President and CEO, Franklin Templeton and Michael Casey, Chief Content Officer, Coindesk

Markets

NounsDAO Barrels Toward Treasury Split After NFT Holders Rally for ‘Rage Quit’

The leading NFT project will soon lose a chunk of its treasury to disaffected investors.

Nouns 646 (nouns.wtf)