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

Staked SOL Tokens Falter as Solana Traders, Stakers Rush for Exits

FTX’s surprise implosion has rattled the infrastructure of Solana staking.

Oficinas de Solana en Nueva York, Estados Unidos. (Danny Nelson)

Finance

Ethereum Apps Could Soon be Launching on Competitor Solana

Neon Labs is nearing the launch of its long-awaited Ethereum Virtual Machine for Solana

Solana Hacker House en Miami, abril del 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Communications Startup Dialect Issues Tech Specs for ‘Smarter Messaging’ in Crypto

"If we look at how standards get adopted, its a chaotic mix of right time right place," said CEO Chris Osborn.

Dialect has made it a lot easier to contact others. (Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Huobi Delists Its HUSD Stablecoin

Huobi has been closely linked with the relatively minor HUSD stablecoin since its launch in 2018.

(Piotr Swat/Shutterstock)

Finance

Billionaire Quant Trader Donated a Record $1.9M of Bitcoin to a Super PAC

Jeffrey Yass, co-founder of Susquehanna International Group, gave 100 bitcoin to a crypto-supporting super PAC.

Susquehanna International Group's Jeffrey Yass (SIG/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Apple Refuses to Exempt NFTs From App Store’s 30% Fee

The tech giant’s de facto ban on peer-to-peer NFT trading is likely here to stay.

(Zhiyue Xu/Unsplash)

Web3

The Floor Price for Bored Ape’s Otherdeed NFTs Is Crashing

Volume is up and prices are down as sellers dump them well below 1.65 ETH.

(Bored Ape Yacht Club, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Polkadot Co-Founder Gavin Wood Steps Down From CEO Role at Blockchain's Builder

Björn Wagner will now helm Polkadot's key backer, Parity Technologies.

Polkadot founder Gavin Wood (Parity Technologies)