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.

Danny Nelson

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Finance

BNY Mellon to Custody Assets Backing Circle's USDC Stablecoin

The relationship likely carries publicity upside for both financial brands.

(Gabriela Bhaskar/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

State Regulators Crack Down on Voyager Digital's Crypto Interest Offering

The coordinated legal push resembles BlockFi's legal battle, which ended in a $100 million fine and pledges to register as a security.

Steve Ehrlich, co-founder and CEO of Voyager

Finance

OpenSea Closing In on Support for Solana NFTs

The move could give Solana NFTs, still a sliver of the market compared to Ethereum collectibles, a shot in the arm.

(OpenSea/CoinDesk, modified by PhotoMosh)

Finance

WisdomTree Launches Crypto ETPs for Solana, Cardano, Polkadot in Europe

Other ETP issuers are planning crypto-linked investment products that also yield staking returns.

(Michele Limina/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Opinion

The Perils of Crypto's Pseudonymous Economy

Let's pull the rug on "anonymous" crypto devs.

Groucho Marx in "A Day at the Races" (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

City of Austin Approves ‘Fact-Finding Study’ for Tax Payments in Bitcoin, Crypto

The Texas city will investigate the feasibility of adopting “bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies” with a study due in mid-June.

Austin city council (Sam Padilla)

Policy

US Justice Dept. Charges 2 in NFT 'Rug Pull' Scheme

"They pulled the rug out from under the victims," U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said of the creators of the Frosties NFT collection.

(Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images)