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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Tech

Inside North Korea's Favorite Crypto Laundering Tool: THORChain

Researchers say North Korea used THORChain to launder $1.2 billion following the biggest-ever crypto heist.

THORSwap is a cross-chain decentralized exchange built on THORChain. (Manuel Salinas/Unsplash)

Tech

EigenLayer Finally Ready to Launch Crucial Missing Feature

Slashing could allow the restaking pioneer to make good on its "shared security" promise.

EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan

Tech

Crypto-to-Fiat App P2P.me Raises $2M from Multicoin and Coinbase Ventures

The peer-to-peer app is bringing stablecoin payments into the QR code economy.

(Shutterstock)

Tech

Crypto Ad-Tech Shop Builds 'Retargeting' Service to Reel in Likely Customers

Addressable is looking to bring Web2 marketing tactics to the Web3 economy.

The Addressable team poses by the sea.

Finance

Solana's Jupiter Buys DRiP Haus, DeFi Exchange's First NFT Play

The self-proclaimed Solana super app doesn't think NFTs are dead yet.

Vibhu Norby

Finance

AI-Infused Blockchain Ambient to 'Replace Bitcoin,' Says Co-Founder

Ambient raised $7.2 million in seed funding from a16z, Delphi Digital and Amber Group.

Cryptocurrency mining machines

Finance

Warlock Labs Raises $8M to Shake Up On-Chain Order Flow

The company caught checks from Polychain, Reciprocal and others.

CoinDesk

Markets

GameStop Bitcoin Pivot Spurs Social Media Chatter as Stock Soars 16%

The gaming retailer will spend some of its $4.8 billion cash holdings to buy bitcoin and stablecoins, sparking discussions around how much it will actually buy.

A GameStop store (CoinDesk Archive)

Markets

Inside Pump.fun's Plan to Dominate Solana DeFi Trading

Solana's most profitable protocol Pump.fun is gunning for an even greater share of the chain's DeFi economy.

Pump.fun's swap tool (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Uranium Digital Raises $6.1M to Speed Debut of Crypto-Powered Spot Market

Founder Alex Dolesky says he needs to move faster to meet exceptional demand.

Photo of Uranium Digital founder Alex Dolesky speaking at the 2025 Penn Blockchain Conference

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