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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Finance

Corn Farmers Hedge Their Crops With Futures. This Solana DEX Wants Vaildators to Follow Suit

Cypher, which launched a new service Wednesday, thinks the futures markets can help validators hedge their risks.

A frontend developer for Cypher at mtnDAO. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Coinbase Exchange Faces SEC Probe Over Crypto Yield, Staking Products

The company told investors it has received "investigative subpoenas" from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Crypto Options Trading on Solana Has Mostly Fizzled. A New DEX Has a Plan to Change That

OptiFi went live Monday, bringing portfolio margining to the Solana options trading ecosystem.

OptiFi's pseudonymous developer Pentameal at work. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Lender Voyager Digital to Reopen Cash Withdrawals Next Week

The company, which is undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, received court approval for the $270 million plan on Thursday.

Voyager Digital CEO Steve Ehrlich gives a thumbs-up at Bitcoin Miami in April of 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Layer 2

Master of Anons: How a Crypto Developer Faked a DeFi Ecosystem

The Macalinao brothers used a web of bogus identities to create the illusion of a dev community, juicing value on the Saber protocol and Solana blockchain. Now they're moving to Aptos.

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

Policy

Chainalysis Courts US Government With New 'Solutions' Subsidiary

The largest crypto-tracing firm is spinning up “Government Solutions” for agencies.

Chainalysis CEO Michael Gronager (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC Probing Coinbase for Allegedly Listing Securities: Report

The investigation predates last week’s insider trading lawsuit, according to the report.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Binance CEO Sues Bloomberg’s Hong Kong Partner for Defamation

It's not the first time Zhao and Binance have sued the media.

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Finance

Trading Firm Susquehanna Plots Bahamas Crypto Expansion: Sources

Call it the "SBF Effect": Crypto traders and market makers are opening outposts on FTX's home island en masse.

Bart Smith, Susquehanna global head of digital assets strategy, speaking at a conference in the Bahamas in May. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)