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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Policy

SEC’s Gensler Signals Extra Scrutiny for Proof-of-Stake Cryptocurrencies: Report

Speaking after the Merge (but not specifically about Ethereum), SEC Chair Gary Gensler said proof-of-stake cryptos could be investment contracts that subject them to securities regulations.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 14: Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,  testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on the SEC on September 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

Policy

US Treasury Sanctions Russian Paramilitary Group Crowdfunding Ukraine War With Crypto

“Task Force Rusich” raised thousands of dollars in crypto to resupply soldiers fighting in Ukraine.

An image from a Telegram group linked to the sanctioned entities. (Telegram/@rusichdshrg)

Finance

Binance Labs Doubles Down on Aptos Bet Ahead of Blockchain Launch

The venture wing of Binance is increasing its investment in Aptos.

Venture capital firm Variant commits $450 million to its third crypto-focused fund. (Horst Schwalm/Pixabay)

Policy

US Treasury Blacklists Several More Bitcoin Addresses Allegedly Tied to Iran Ransomware Attacks

The sanctions watchdog agency added several bitcoin addresses allegedly used in ransomware attacks to its blacklist.

(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Finance

DeFi Lender Compound Takes Bite of Institutional Crypto Loans Pie

Compound will take bitcoin as collateral against stablecoin loans made by institutions.

(Shutterstock)

Policy

FTC Moves to Join Crypto Lender Celsius’ Bankruptcy Case

The Federal Trade Commission also requested a copy of all relevant documents.

Federal Trade Commission (Shutterstock)

Finance

Celsius CEO Mulls Crypto Custody Pivot After Lending Business Imploded: Report

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky recently proposed revamping the failed crypto lending business as a digital asset custody firm, according to a New York Times report.

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Crypto Options Trading Startup Synquote Raises $2.8M From Initialized, Polygon

The company will look to expand its platform for trading derivatives contracts in tokens that don’t usually have such markets.

Traders have never seen anything like the cryptocurrency options trading happening these days in decentralized finance. (Thomas Shotter Boys, 1842/Art Institute of Chicago, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Trading Network Apifiny Turns to Fireblocks to Help Make Asset Transfers Easier

Fireblocks allows its clients to move assets between exchanges without needing to switch to external wallets.

Apifiny's team (Apifiny)