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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Policy

Crypto Analytics Tools 'Wave of the Future, Dude,' Judge Quotes Cult Film in $3.6B Bitcoin Seizure Case

A newly unsealed federal court opinion emphasized the role blockchain analytics played in helping law enforcement agents find and confiscate 94,000 bitcoins stolen from Bitfinex.

Meade and Prettyman Federal Courthouses (AgnosticPreachersKid/Wikimedia Commons)

Policy

Coinbase Files to Form a PAC Ahead of 2022 Midterms

Crypto firms are vying for influence in Washington, D.C.

Alesia Haas, CEO of Coinbase Inc. and chief financial officer of Coinbase Global Inc., speaks at a House Financial Services Committee. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Finance

Terra Wants to Spend $40M on a Mystery Sports Deal. We Think It’s With This MLB Team

A CoinDesk reporter turns internet sleuth to crack the team name Do Kwon won’t identify.

(Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Policy

US Officials Seize $3.6B in Bitcoin From 2016 Bitfinex Hack

Nearly 120,000 BTC was stolen in the hack.

(Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Tech

ETH Staking Startup ssv.network Raises $10M as Ethereum ‘Merge’ Inches Closer

Project leads say they want to “mitigate” the biggest vulnerabilities in centralized staking.

(Jan Huber/Unsplash)

Finance

Web 3 Infrastructure Giant Alchemy Tops $10B Valuation in $200M Funding Round

A key player behind decentralized applications on Ethereum and other chains continues to swell.

Alchemy co-founder and CEO Nikil Viswanathan (Pantera/CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Aleo Blockchain Raises $200M for Privacy-Minded DeFi

The lovechild of Ethereum programmability and Zcash privacy is getting a funding boost from SoftBank, Tiger Global and others.

(H. Armstrong Roberts/Getty Images)

Finance

Kraken Says Proof-of-Reserves Audit Shows $19B in Bitcoin and Ether

Crypto firms are racing to build credibility as the industry spotlight turns to proving reserves.

(Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

PsyOptions Acquires Tap Finance for Undisclosed Sum

Two projects become one as a Solana options shop looks to expand its offerings.

(Getty Images)