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

US Officials Tie North Korea’s ‘Lazarus’ Hackers to $625M Crypto Theft

Axie Infinity’s Ronin blockchain suffered a massive exploit late last month.

North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un (Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

Oregon Democrat Pitches Campaign NFTs in Crowded House Primary

DeFi developer Matt West says he's staying true to his roots with the Ethereum-based "Crypto Beavers" collection.

Movie poster illustrator Paul Zeaiter did the artwork for Crypto Beavers. (Matt West)

Tech

On-Chain Wallet Profiler Nansen Adds Solana Coverage

“There has been huge demand to launch a Solana dashboard,” said Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik.

Solana adherents gathered under the lights. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk archives)

Finance

A16z Leads $4M Seed Round for Web 3 Recurring Payments Startup

Loop’s founders left bloXroute Labs to build automatic payment rails for crypto projects.

CEO Eleni Steinman, center, left bloXroute to tackle Web 3 payment rails. (Eleni Steinman)

Finance

Scenes From Bitcoin Miami 2022: The Stars, the Shows and That Giant Bull

Miami Beach's sprawling Convention Center and its environs were scenes of perpetual motion during the four-day extravaganza.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

NFT Marketplace Gem.xyz Ousts Developer Over 'Pattern of Sexual Misconduct'

Co-founder Lorens Huculak says developer "Neso" was dismissed after the team was made aware of the situation.

Screengrab from interview between Gem.xyz's co-founders and Nansen (YouTube)

Finance

Meta Starts Building a Digital Economy for Creators in Horizon Worlds

Fees could soar as high as 47.5% in the Meta-owned virtual reality game.

MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 28: A pedestrian walks in front of a new logo and the name 'Meta' on the sign in front of Facebook headquarters on October 28, 2021 in Menlo Park, California. A new name and logo were unveiled at Facebook headquarters after a much anticipated name change for the social media platform. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Policy

FTX Co-CEO Donates $4M to Republican PAC Ahead of US Midterm Elections

Ryan Salame has already donated $1 million to non-partisan crypto PACs in this election cycle.

U.S. Capitol (Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Jack Mallers’ Strike Announces Shopify Integration for Bitcoin Lightning Payments

The bitcoiner instrumental to El Salvador’s announcement at last year’s conference waxed philosophical on Bitcoin’s role as a payments network.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaks at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Robinhood Releases Crypto Wallet to 2M Users, Plans Integration With Bitcoin Lightning Network

In a pair of announcements from the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, the trading app flexed its crypto chops. But check the fine print.

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