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

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)

Policy

BitBoy Crypto Says He’s Dropping Defamation Suit Against Fellow YouTuber

Ben Armstrong said he didn’t realize his dispute with “Atozy” would become public if he sued the alleged defamer in federal court.

Ben Armstrong (BitBoy Crypto/YouTube)

Finance

Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius Sues Prime Trust Over $17M in Tokens

The dispute stems from a trove of assets held by Prime Trust for Celsius customers in New York and Washington state.

Celsius Network is suing Prime Trust for the return of $17M in crypto. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bank Run at NFT Lender BendDAO Prompts Attempt to Avert Another Liquidity Crisis

Faulty auction mechanics highlighted the downside of letting people borrow money against their Bored Apes.

A Bored Ape owner searches for upside without risking auction liquidation. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Faces Singapore Police ‘Actions’ and Job Cuts

The firm, which is the latest in the crypto world to freeze withdrawals, said it is engaged in “proceedings” with authorities.

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