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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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)

Finance

Outside Magazine Wants the Metaverse to Take a Hike

The fitness lifestyle media company’s “anti-metaverse”platform will give users incentive to ski, run, bike or hike using NFTs and other rewards.

The Outerverse plans to use an "Outside to Earn" model to get people hiking. (Adam Bautz/Flickr, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Investment Firm Valkyrie Branches Into Venture Capital With Focus on Israeli Crypto Startups

Veteran venture capitalist Lluis Pedragosa is leading the new team with a $30 million target fund.

Valkyrie CEO Leah Wald (CoinDesk TV)

Layer 2

Behind Voyager’s Fall: Crypto Broker Acted Like a Bank, Went Bankrupt

In an industry where counterparties are tightly bound together by a weave of debt and leverage, dominoes can fall fast and hard.

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

Policy

Solana Labs, Multicoin Accused of Violating Securities Law by SOL Investor

Solana’s SOL token is an unregistered security whose insiders have benefitted while retail suffered, the suit alleged.

The suit accuses Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko of securities violations. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)