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

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)

Finance

Multicoin-Backed Sports Startup Pitches NFTs as Ticket to Fan Experiences

NFT startup Mercury raised $7.5 million to build hyperlocal fan experiences for college fanbases.

(Getty Images)

Finance

Plaid Unveils ‘Wallet Onboard’ Tool, Promises Crypto Product Push

The banking fintech says it is delving deeper into Web3 and crypto.

Banking fintech Plaid is pushing into crypto products with a wallet connector for Ethereum wallets (Plaid)

Finance

Where Are Web3 Users Coming From? Startup Spindl Aims to Help Companies Find Out

The Miami-based company has raised $7 million to recreate an important part of Web2 analytics known as “attribution.”

CEO Antonio Garcia Martinez named Spindl for the three Fates of Greek mythology, who wove the threads of a person's life on a giant loom. (Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Finance

Aptos Token Plunges in Trading Debut

FTX, Coinbase and Binance were among the first exchanges to list the buzzy new layer 1 token.

An Aptos-branded hat. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Aptos Debuts Its Blockchain, Putting Millions in VC Dollars to the Test

The venture capital darling has been anticipated for months.

Aptos Labs CEO Mo Shaikh (Tracy Wang/CoinDesk)