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

Crypto Wallet Giddy Lets Polygon Users Pay Gas Fees in USDC

“Autogas will support even more tokens in the future,” the CEO of the wallet company said.

(Robert Geiger/Flickr)

Finance

Hosts of Bankless Podcast Raising $35M Crypto Venture Fund: Sources

The popular crypto podcast is branching out beyond its media roots to invest in emerging Web3 startups.

Bankless co-host David Hoffman speaks at an ETHDenver 2023 side event. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Disinvitation From Denver Crypto Conference Reveals Tensions Between Aptos, Sui Blockchains

Tensions have gone public between Aptos and Sui, two startup blockchains staffed by teams of individuals who emerged from Facebook's defunct Diem stablecoin project.

In a new dispute between Celsius and a trading partner, both parties seem to have helped fumble depositors' bags. (Getty Images)

Finance

Solana’s Spam Problems Persist Despite Tech Improvements, MEV Researchers Say

Arbitrageurs are eating up precious blockspace with pointless transactions, according to Jito Labs.

Solana party in Lisbon (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Solana Validators to Make Second Restart Attempt as Transaction Freeze Drags On

It’s still unclear what caused the service outage.

Solana's offices in New York City (Danny Nelson)

Tech

Solana Network Stumbles, On-Chain Trading Slows After ‘Forking’ Incident

Some validators are downgrading their software in an attempt to restore activity.

Scenes from a Solana hacker house (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Oasis Exploits Its Own Wallet Software to Seize Crypto Stolen in Wormhole Hack

The High Court of England and Wales ordered the crypto platform to reclaim the stolen funds.

Jump Crypto President Kanav Kariya (Danny Nelson)

Consensus Magazine

Inside the mtnDAO: Solana Devs Gather for a Month-Long Utah Retreat

Solana developers are looking to rebuild following a tough few months in the wake of FTX's downfall.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Tech

For Solana Users, 'Priority Fees' Mean Paying Up to Skip the Line

The network's developers implemented a new feature last year to let users to pay extra to avoid congestion. Even the elevated "priority fee" rate is still considered low, so the adoption rate is growing.

(MidJourney, modified by CoinDesk)