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

Genesis Sales, Trading Chief Ballensweig Exits Crypto Lender

The departure follows massive losses and a new management team put in place earlier this year.

Genesis CEO Michael Moro speaks at Invest: Asia 2019.

Finance

CEL Token Jumps as SBF Said to Eye Celsius in Buying Spree

The native token of Celsius regained momentum just hours after being rocked by the surprise departure of CEO Alex Mashinsky.

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

Finance

Binance Bungles Accounting for Helium Tokens, Overpays Clients Millions: Sources

The Helium network has two tokens, HNT and MOBILE. Binance counted them as one, HNT, resulting in a windfall for customers who deposited the less valuable MOBILE.

(Peter Cade/Getty Images)

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.

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