Danny Nelson

Danny was 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’s Crypto-Ready ‘Saga’ Smartphone Goes on Sale May 8

The Saga aims to put crypto in people’s pockets, where the rest of the digital world has already gone.

The Saga smartphone. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

DeFi Insurer Nexus Mutual Demands $2M Refund From Euler Hack Claimants. One User Traded it Anyway

Euler's hacker returned most of the money, putting the insurer that already paid claims in a pickle. Members of Nexus Mutual could get lawyers involved if the $2 million they’re owed isn’t returned.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Finance

ROOK Investors Aim to ‘Rage Quit’ Through Plan to Liquidate $25M Crypto Treasury

Their vote could hand ROOK token holders a big payout.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Finance

ROOK Token Surges Ahead of $50M Treasury Split Between Community and MEV Tech Builders

A proposal would divvy up Rook’s nearly $50 million crypto treasury between Rook Labs, which builds MEV technology, and the new Incubator DAO.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Finance

Arbitrum Foundation Pledges New Votes, No 'Near-Term' ARB Sales Amid Community Revolt

Arbitrum will hold a standalone vote on its 750 million token allocation.

(Unsplash)

Finance

Arbitrum Foundation Sold ARB Tokens Ahead of 'Ratification' Vote; ARB Falls

The Foundation would be “severely damaged” without blank-check grantmaking powers, according to a blog post.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Arbitrum’s First Governance Proposal Turns Messy, With $1B ARB Tokens at Stake

The Arbitrum Foundation would get to side-step community governance when issuing “special grants.”

Arbitrum booth at ETHDenver (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)