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

Solana Tokens or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Points

Could loyalty programs and token airdrops embiggen Solana DeFi? Danny Nelson heads to Utah to find out.

Cypher founder and mtnDAO emcee Barrett (Danny Nelson)

Finance

Ethereum Juggernaut MetaMask’s Origin Story Challenged in New Lawsuit

Joel Dietz alleges Consensys never credited him for sparking the idea for MetaMask, the most important Ethereum wallet.

Joel Dietz

Finance

Spooked by Curve Liquidation Threat, DeFi Protocols Shore Up Defenses

They’re responding to the potential systemic risk posed by Michael Egorov’s teetering financial position.

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Finance

Curve Finance Drained of $50M While CRV Token Sinks 12% in Latest DeFi Exploit

More than $100M-worth of cryptocurrency could be at risk due to a bug impacting Curve, a stablecoin exchange at the center of Ethereum’s DeFi ecosystem.

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Finance

Arbitrum DAO’s First Grants Programs Take Shape

Two governance proposals are collectively requesting nearly $5 million worth of ARB tokens to launch grants programs.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Parrot Finance to Begin PRT Token Buyback on Monday, Capping Fiery Vote

Activist investors applied heavy pressure to Parrot’s developer team.

Parrot Finance failed to catch fire despite raising over $90 million. (Parrot Finance)

Finance

For Crypto Investors Down Bad in Hector, the DAO Can’t Die Fast Enough

Hector Network will take six to 12 months to hold a liquidation. Token holders want their money back sooner.

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Markets

DeFi Project Parrot Holds Contentious Vote on Future of $70M Treasury

The redemption plan for the protocol appears to heavily favor employees and Parrot’s venture investors.

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