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

Origin Protocol Considers Subsidizing OGN Rewards After Joining NFT Royalty Wars

The protocol is trying to keep its NFT marketplace competitive with OpenSea and Blur

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Finance

Crypto Exchange Orca to Block U.S. Traders From Website

The top decentralized exchange on Solana will restrict U.S. trading activity on orca.so beginning on March 31.

Orca founders Yutaro Mori (left) and Ori Kwan (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Web3 Security Company Ironblocks Takes Aim at Spate of DeFi Hacks

Ironblocks is the latest Israeli startup to build a protocol monitoring product.

Ironblocks CEO Or Dadosh (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Circle Scrambles to Right USDC After Signature Bank Failure

Circle Internet Financial is racing to find new banking partners for its USDC stablecoin.

CEO Jeremy Allaire's Circle is part of the consortium behind USDC. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Silicon Valley Bank Depositors Will Have Access to 'All' Funds Monday, Say Federal Regulators

“Today we are taking decisive actions to protect the U.S. economy by strengthening public confidence in our banking system,” a joint statement read.

Silicon Valley Bank headquarters (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Finance

Ripple Had ‘Some Exposure’ to Silicon Valley Bank, Says CEO

Brad Garlinghouse declined to say how much capital is at the failed bank but said Ripple “remains strong.”

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Circle to ‘Cover Any Shortfall’ in USDC Reserves, Sparking Stablecoin Rally

The company plans to use corporate resources to fill the gap, including external capital.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase Pauses Conversions Between USDC and U.S. Dollars as Banking Crisis Roils Crypto

Circle earlier confirmed it has $3.3 billion backing its USDC stablecoin parked at now-shuttered Silicon Valley Bank.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

Finance

USDC Issuer Circle Says It 'Awaits Clarity' From FDIC on Silicon Valley Bank Collapse

The stablecoin issuer declined to state how much cash is tied up at the collapsed financial institution.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle (CoinDesk)