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

Polychain Snubs Lucrative Crypto Arbitrage, Prepares to Trade $6M of ROOK Token on Uniswap

After activist investors successfully lobbied for a major overhaul of ROOK, a potentially very lucrative trading opportunity opened up for token holders.

Polychain CEO Olaf Carlson-Wee (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Aragon’s ANT Rallies After Cofounder Proposes Token Buybacks to End Activist Crisis

After a week of bickering cooler heads began to prevail. The market responded with gusto.

Luis Iván Cuende - Cofounder & core contributor - Aragon (AsturixLinux)

Finance

Aragon Cancels Planned Community Control of $200M Treasury Amid Battle With Activist Investors

The Swiss organization alleged investors including Arca were mounting a 51% attack.

(Unsplash)

Finance

Heavyweight Hedge Fund Arca Joins Activist Fight Against DAO Builder Aragon

The crypto investment fund sent a letter demanding Aragon conduct buybacks of its ANT token.

(Herve/Unsplash)

Finance

Aragon Fires Back at Activist Investors in Early Stages of DAO Governance Fight

After attempting to thwart what it called a "coordinated" attack on its town square, Aragon reiterated its “code is law” position.

(Maxime Gilbert/Unsplash)

Finance

Judge Upholds Freeze on SpartacusDAO's $35M in Lawsuit Served Via Discord, NFT

The leader of SpartacusDAO is barred from touching $35 million in investor funds until he starts working with the court.

Spartacus (Gautier Poupeau/Wikimedia)

Finance

Aragon Bans at Least 6 DAO Members During Treasury Discussion, Alleging ‘Coordinated’ Assault

Their banishment from Aragon’s Discord for asking “probing questions” and using “inappropriate language” highlights the disconnect between the censorship-resistant ideals of crypto governance and the reality that insiders hold considerable sway.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)