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

In Long-Awaited CBDC White Paper, Fed Flags Privacy, Financial Stability Risks

The Fed does not commit to launching (or not launching) a CBDC in the long-anticipated document.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell (Brendan Smialowski-Pool/Getty Images)

Tech

EOS Creator Dan Larimer Is Back

After the developer left Block.one last year, the network’s new stewards are hoping to spark an EOS renaissance.

Dan Larimer speaks at the Voice launch event in Washington, D.C., June 2019.

Finance

Crocs Is Chomping Into NFTs, Trademark Filings Show

The footwear brand staked its name claim on NFT shoes, bags and accessories in a Jan. 11 USPTO filing.

Crocs (Tim Graham/Getty Images)

Finance

DeFi Alliance Becomes ‘Alliance DAO’ After $50M Raise From 300 Web 3 Leaders

What the new moniker means for the newly minted decentralized autonomous organization is somewhat TBD.

DAOs will fundamentally change how organizations operate. (Michal Parzuchowski/Unsplash)

Layer 2

The Mnuchin Files: New Documents Shed Light on Trump-Era Crypto Policy

Jared Kushner advocated behind the scenes for a U.S. digital currency, among other revelations in a 250-page trove from Steven Mnuchin’s tenure at Treasury.

Steven Mnuchin (Illustration: Melody Wang/Photo: Getty Images)

Finance

Umee Buckles Down for Mainnet With $32M Token Sale on CoinList

CEO Brent Xu is leveraging his former life as a bond trader to build what he calls a “global debt hub.”

The Open Intents Framework is a new initiative created by Ethereum ecosystem leaders to simplify and standardize cross-chain token transfers.  (Akinori UEMURA/Unsplash)

Tech

Polygon Discloses Patched Exploit That Put 9B MATIC at Risk

“There is a natural tension between security and transparency,” Polygon’s team said in a Wednesday blog post.

(Ariel/Unsplash)

Finance

Aoki, Alameda Back Algorithmic Stablecoin on Arbitrum at $200M Valuation

Sperax said its USDs stablecoin will generate yield from users’ collateral.

Algorithmic stablecoins seek balance through unconventional means. (eswaran arulkumar/Unsplash)