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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Layer 2

Crypto Hacks Fuel Memes of North Korea: Blockchain’s Biggest Baddie

"Funding secured for next missile launch."

North Korea's leader is casting a shadow over crypto. (Korea Summit Press Pool/Getty Images)

Finance

Valkyrie to Liquidate Bitcoin Balance Sheet ETF After Limited Uptake

The crypto native investment shop’s Nasdaq-listed fund never really caught on with investors.

Valkyrie Chief Investment Officer Steven McClurg speaks at Bitcoin Miami 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Market Maker GSR Cuts Staff Amid Crypto Winter

The trading shop cut less than 10% of staff to “continue to position our business for long-term growth,” a spokesperson told CoinDesk

The cuts came in the third quarter. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

‘Fear’ May Be Keeping Ooki DAO From Mounting Defense Against CFTC

Time is running out for the DAO to respond to court filings in what could be a major test for crypto governance.

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Huobi Global to be Acquired by About Capital

The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

LFG Slow-Walks Plan to Repay Small-Time Terra Holders, Citing Legal Threats

The Luna Foundation Guard still has about $100 million in reserves that it has pledged as compensation.

The Terra logo inside the luxury club at Nationals Park. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

BNB Chain Halts After 'Potential Exploit' Drained Estimated $100M in Crypto

The chain has now resumed operations after fixing a problem that let someone create $570 million of the token, though they were only able to abscond with a smaller amount.

Binance's Changpeng Zhao speaking at Messari Mainnet (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Decentralized Social Network's DeSo Token Rallies Amid Stablecoin Plans

The project has created a wrapper for Circle’s widespread USDC stablecoin.

Nader Al Naji, Head of the DeSo Foundation, cofounder and former CEO of Basis. (Outcast Agency)