Danny Nelson

Danny is 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

Polymarket Blocks French Traders Amid Gambling Inquiry

The prediction market juggernaut is under investigation in the country.

Shayne Coplan, CEO, Polymarket, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk).

Policy

Bitwise Joins Mounting Race for Solana ETF

Donald Trump's election win may be pressing fast-forward on once unheard-of propositions.

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan (Suzanne Cordiero/CoinDesk/Shutterstock)

Finance

Jito Token Holders Slated for Payday Under TipRouter Proposal

A shakeup to Jito's economic rails is in the works.

Jito Labs CEO Lucas Bruder (Danny Nelson)

Finance

Juiced USDS Yields Woo Solana Traders to Sky's Stablecoin

Sky's Solana rollout has been a smashing success. Will it last?

(Ravi Sharma/Unsplash)

Markets

Dueling 'Eliza' AI Tokens Boom and Zoom in Frenzied Trading

Power and profits took center stage in a confusing trading session as two tokens with the same name battled for dominance.

robot hand holding dollar bills

Tech

‘Just Don’t Break’ Bitcoin: Devs Debate Tech Upgrades to Top Crypto

The bitcoiners gathered at OP_Next were decidedly in favor of progress – but not too much progress, and certainly not too fast.

Will Foxley opens OP_NEXT (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase Brings Bitcoin to Solana, Spurring High Hopes for DeFi Surge

FTX's collapse blew a bitcoin-sized hole in Solana DeFi. Can Coinbase's cbBTC finally fill it?

Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange app on smartphone (Chesnot/Getty Images)

Finance

Trump's Crypto Business Slashes Fundraise Goal by 90% After Lackluster Sales

The revised plan to sell only $30 million of WLFI tokens — instead of the originally planned $300 million — suggests Trump may not quickly see a big payday from World Liberty Financial.

Donald Trump at BTC 2024 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Coinbase Pours $25M More Into Fairshake as CEO Armstrong Says 'We’re Not Slowing Down'

“The crypto voter is already a force to be reckoned with, but it will continue to grow,” CEO Brian Armstrong said.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)

Tech

Venn Network Aims to Solve DeFi's Hacking Problem With More Decentralized Tech

Creator Or Dadosh says Venn creates a "completely new economy" for crypto security.

Ironblocks' Venn aims to prevent suspicious transactions from accessing a blockchain. (serghei_topor/Pixabay)