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

Solana’s Biggest DeFi Lender Is Leaning Into 'Permissionless' Loan Markets

These “permissionless pools'' don't have any of the safeguards afforded to Solend’s whitelisted markets. That’s by design.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Stronghold Digital Significantly Restructures Debt

The bitcoin miner said negotiations with its lenders were the reason for the delays in releasing its second-quarter earnings report.

Stronghold Digital Mining CEO Greg Beard (right) and Co-Chairman Bill Spence (left). 
(Stronghold Digital Mining)

Finance

Crypto Custody Firm BitGo to Sue Galaxy Digital for Abandoning $1.2B Merger Agreement

BitGo said Galaxy owes it a $100 million breakup fee.

BitGo CEO Mike Belshe (CoinDesk archives)

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)