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

Gensler Reiterates Support for Futures-Based Bitcoin ETFs

The SEC chairman struck a similar tone in August, igniting a rush in tailor-made ETF filings.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 14: Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,  testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on the SEC on September 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

Tech

Algorand Boosts Smart Contract Performance With ‘Virtual Machine’ Launch

The project is making the development process more in line with that of other networks.

Algorand founder Silvio Micali

Policy

CFTC’s Berkovitz to Become Top Lawyer at SEC

He will join former colleague Gary Gensler as the SEC’s general counsel in November.

CFTC Commissioner Dan Berkovitz

Policy

Kraken to Pay $1.25M Fine After Settling Charges With CFTC

The CFTC alleged the exchange offered illegal margined crypto products without registering with the agency.

cftc

Finance

‘Solcial’ Raises $2.9M to Build Censorship-Free Social Media on Solana

The site will place a heavy focus on monetization opportunities for content creators.

(Hans-Peter Gauster/Unsplash)

Finance

Grape Network, the Startup That Broke Solana, Raises $1.8M

Key contributor Dean Pappas said he didn’t mean for his project’s public token sale to crash an entire ecosystem. Now VCs are following suit.

(jose alfonso sierra/Unsplash)

Tech

Strike App, Now Live in Twitter Tip Feature, Also Launches Bitcoin Payments API

The move from the Jack Mallers-led startup could be a boon for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.

Square CEO Jack Mallers (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

TRM Labs to Bring Crypto Tracing Tools to Solana

The company is the first of the major crypto trackers to bring its compliance tools to the Solana blockchain.

TRM Labs co-founders Esteban Castano (left) and Rahul Raina

Finance

Leaked Slides Show How Chainalysis Flags Crypto Suspects for Cops

Walletexplorer.com, a block explorer site secretly operated by Chainalysis, has provided law enforcement with “meaningful leads,” the documents say.

(Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)