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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Finance

SEC Reportedly Looking Into BlockFi’s Crypto Yield Products

The crypto lender was already in hot water with a number of state securities regulators earlier this year.

(Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

The SEC Still Doesn’t Like Spot Bitcoin ETFs

The latest rejection shows how far the bitcoin ETF war has left to go.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Brave Browser Launches Built-In Crypto Wallet

The crypto-centric browser company is angling to capture some of MetaMask’s market share.

Brave's new wallet interface (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Solana Throws a Three-Day Party for Itself

Venture cash and staggering gains loomed large over Lisbon as the superfast network celebrated one hell of a year.

The Solana conference's closing gala in Lisbon's main square. (Zack Seward/CoinDesk archives)

Policy

Sen. Lummis Mounts Last-Ditch Effort to Modify Crypto Broker Language

With Biden’s signature imminent, the Wyoming senator is trying once more to narrow the bill’s “broker” scope.

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) walks the halls of the Capitol outside the Senate chamber on Aug. 10, 2021. (Liz Lynch/Getty Images)

Finance

Solana Hits Bloomberg Terminal With Galaxy-Backed Index

SOL is only the third crypto with a standalone index developed by Bloomberg-Galaxy.

(Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Tech

Nansen to Bring Crypto Intelligence Tools to Solana Early Next Year

Solana will be Nansen’s first “non-EVM” blockchain when it joins the platform in early 2022.

(Luke Southern/Unsplash)

Finance

Solana Wallets Phantom, Solflare Eye Mobile for Growth

Phantom is launching a wallet app; Solflare’s is already live. Both projects see mobile as critical to expanding crypto’s reach.

A discussion of Solana wallets at Breakpoint. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Sequoia Jumps Into Token Plays With Investment in DeFi Project Parallel

June filings show the VC giant has a relationship with Coinbase Custody.

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