Danny Nelson

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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Sporting a black hoodie, the pseudonymous coder known as Proph3t works in a Salt Lake City hacker house. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Crypto VC Paradigm Invests in MetaDAO as Prediction Markets Boom
MetaDAO, a Solana experiment in governance by "futarchy," raised a total of $2.2 million to fund operations.
Sporting a black hoodie, the pseudonymous coder known as Proph3t works in a Salt Lake City hacker house. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
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DraftKings Dumps NFT Business, Citing Legal Developments
The sports gambling company faces a class action lawsuit alleging its NFTs are securities.
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Senator Cynthia Lummis on stage in Nashville with a copy of her bitcoin reserve bill (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Senator Lummis Proposes the U.S. Buy 1M Bitcoin to Reduce National Debt
The Wyoming senator brought a copy of her legislation to the stage at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville.
Senator Cynthia Lummis on stage in Nashville with a copy of her bitcoin reserve bill (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Trump Backs U.S. Bitcoin Reserve and Says Democrat Win Will Be Disaster for Crypto: 'Every One of You Will Be Gone'
Thousands of bitcoiners camped out for hours to see crypto's self-declared candidate on Saturday at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville.
Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Wall Street's Cantor Fitzgerald to Open Bitcoin Financing, Lending Business
The financial services company will start with $2 billion in lending.
Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-NC) speaks Saturday at the Bitcoin Nashville conference. (Danny Nelson)
Democrats Pushing Harris Campaign for 'Reset' on Crypto Stance, House Rep Says
Democratic members of Congress wrote a letter to the Democratic National Committee asking for it to embrace pro-crypto policy.
U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-NC) speaks Saturday at the Bitcoin Nashville conference. (Danny Nelson)
Donald Trump (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Trump Speaks Saturday at the Bitcoin Conference. Here's What Attendees Like 'The Crypto Patriot' Hope He Says.
“I want to hear [Trump] give a bold statement on the future of crypto and spark up what we all want," one person said.
Donald Trump (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
GREED logo (Voshy/Medium)
$GREED 2.0: A New Lesson in Crypto Avarice That Might Also Enrich the People It Dupes
The first iteration of the $GREED project tricked people into tweeting an embarrassing message. This time, their money is frozen – but earning money.
GREED logo (Voshy/Medium)
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Jito Releases Open-Source Restaking Service for Solana
The yet-to-implemented codebase allows any Solana-based protocol to use any asset for its economic security.
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dYdX founder Antonio Juliano (dYdX)
DeFi Giant dYdX Says Its v3 Platform Is Compromised – Just as It's Reportedly Up for Sale
News of the problem emerged just as Bloomberg reported dYdX v3 is for sale.
dYdX founder Antonio Juliano (dYdX)