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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Finance

Google Sues to Shutter Cryptojacking Botnet That Infected 1M+ Computers

The botnet used the Bitcoin blockchain to evade cybersecurity officials and remain online, Google alleged.

Google (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Finance

TRM Labs Raises $60M as Visa, Amex Play Catch-Up on Crypto Tracking

After Mastercard bought CipherTrace in September, American Express and Visa are throwing their weight behind TRM.

(Alina Grubnyak/Unsplash)

Finance

FTX.US Adds Ethereum Collectibles to NFT Marketplace

The rollout comes about a month after the exchange’s largely underwhelming Solana-based NFT debut.

(Bored Ape Yacht Club, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Tezos-Based NFT Platform OneOf Inks Pitbull to Multiyear Deal

Mr. 305 is the latest celebrity to partner with a crypto company in a year full of high-flying promoters.

Pitbull performs on Oct. 9, 2021 in Charlotte, N.C. (Jeff Hahne/Getty Images)

Finance

Hxro Raises $34M on Promise of Derivatives Trading Infrastructure for Solana

TradFi stalwart Susquehanna International Group and DeFi upstart Jump Crypto co-led the network’s latest token round.

(Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Finance

ConstitutionDAO to Shut Down, Nearly 50% of Funds Already Returned

Many who contributed small amounts of ETH will have little but a hefty gas bill to show for it.

Jeff Graber took the subway from Brooklyn to get close to the action at Sotheby's. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

New Crypto Connectivity Startup Eyes Telecom Partnerships

The founder of GIANT says the protocol will essentially tokenize cellular bandwidth.

Fabricio Gonçalves/Flickr/modified by CoinDesk

Tech

ConstitutionDAO Outbid for First Printing of America’s Founding Document in Sotheby’s Auction

The group’s $40+ million in ETH wasn’t enough to seal the deal.

Jeff Graber took the subway from Brooklyn to get close to the action at Sotheby's. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)