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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Consensus Magazine

Crypto Developers Reveal the Perils of Anonymity

The total value locked on the Solana network reached billions of dollars, based in part on sham protocols by two brothers working under multiple aliases. For showing how divorced TVL can be from the truth, Ian and Dylan Macalinao share a spot on CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022.

Ian and Dylan Macalinao (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Derivatives DEXs Reposition for Life After FTX

Decentralized exchanges are retooling their public-facing approach.

Hxro founder Dan Gunsberg speaking at Solana Breakpoint 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Telegram CEO Durov Plans to Build Crypto Wallets, Decentralized Exchange

The messaging app is pushing ahead with its buildout of crypto infrastructure.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov (TechCrunch Disrupt Europe/Creative Commons)

Finance

Kraken Cuts 30% of Workforce Amid Crypto Winter

The crypto exchange is laying off 1,100, after saying it was in hiring mode earlier this year.

Consensus 2018 Sponsor branding kraken (CoinDesk)

Finance

IBM and Maersk Abandon Ship on TradeLens Logistics Blockchain

An enterprise blockchain project from bygone bear markets will wind down after five years.

Maersk container ship (Bernard Spragg. NZ/Flickr)

Finance

Crypto Services Firm Prime Trust Replaces CEO Tom Pageler

It’s the latest shakeup in a rocky month for the crypto industry. FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried sent political donations through the firm.

Prime Trust CEO Tom Pageler. (Prime Trust)

Finance

Solana’s Top Crypto Wallet Phantom Looks to Ethereum, Polygon Next

Solana-focused crypto wallet Phantom is tapping Ethereum and Polygon for its expansion plan.

Brandom Millman, CEO de Phantom. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Alameda Had ‘Secret Exemption’ From FTX Liquidation Protocols, New CEO Says

John Ray detailed a litany of management failings at the crypto exchange, which collapsed after revelations about its relationship with its trading arm

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)