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

US Government Recovers $30M From Crypto Game Axie Infinity Hack

Hackers stole over $600 million from Axie earlier this year.

Chainalysis CEO Michael Gronager (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Tracer Elliptic Hires Software Veteran Jackson Hull as CTO

Hull takes over a role previously held by Elliptic’s co-founder James Smith.

Elliptic has hired Jackson Hull as its chief technology officer. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Voyager Kept Taking Buy Orders After Freezing Crypto Transfers; Now, This Trader Is Stuck

“Why did they fill my buy order” after the firm had already shut trading, deposits and withdrawals down? Shaik Taj Baba asked.

Voyager's bankrupcy has left creditors in the lurch. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Developer Brothers Leave VC Firm After CoinDesk Exposé

Ian and Dylan Macalinao, who used a web of secret identities to juice the value of a Solana DeFi project, are “no longer affiliated with” Protagonist VC, said the firm they started.

Ian Macalinao, one of the Saber brothers (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Credit Suisse Held $31M in ‘Digital Assets’ for Clients Last Quarter

The Swiss bank disclosed its custody of what are more likely tokenized securities than cryptocurrencies in keeping with SEC accounting guidance.

Credit Suisse is the latest banking giant to flirt with crypto. (Cayambe/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Slow Ventures Raises Stakes on Crypto Governance with ‘Timber sDAO’

The venture capital firm's first "legally compliant DAO" bought land, and the second so-called sDAO is buying more. But this time, land with trees.

Solana developers on a hike (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Grayscale, Disclosing SEC Queries, Says Cryptos XLM, ZEC, ZEN May Be Securities

The three tokens “may currently be a security, based on the facts as they exist today,” Grayscale said in recent, little-noticed filings.

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Finance

Coinbase Pledges to ‘Evaluate’ Forked Ethereum Tokens in Update to ‘Merge’ Policy

The crypto exchange is changing its tune – slightly – on its planned response to Ethereum’s biggest tech upgrade.

The Ethereum Merge could cast a long shadow if stakeholders decide to fork. (Sunbeam Photography/Unsplash)