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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Travala.com Adds Agoda Hotels, Posts Record July Revenue as Crypto Payments Soar
The Binance-backed travel agency brought in $400,000 in July, a 100% increase from the month before.
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Inside a Crypto 'Ponzi': How the $6.5M Banana.Fund Fraud Unravelled
U.S. authorities are trying to return $6.5 million in bitcoin and tether to the victims of an alleged Ponzi scheme.
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The 17-year-old hacker suspect faces 30 felony charges. (Twitter.com)
Officials Arrest 3 Allegedly Behind Twitter Hack
A Florida teenager suspected of spearheading the massive Twitter hack and subsequent high-profile bitcoin scam is in custody.
The 17-year-old hacker suspect faces 30 felony charges. (Twitter.com)
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong speaks at Consensus 2019.
Coinbase Considering 19 Additional Cryptos for Exchange Listing
The popular trading platform isonce considering expanding its list of crypto assets.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong speaks at Consensus 2019.
Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao
SEC Wants to Start Scrutinizing Binance Chain Transactions
Company executives anticipated regulators might one day take an interest in Binance Chain
Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao
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Coda Protocol Touts User Growth One Year Into Testnet
The O(1) Labs project thinks recursive zk-SNARKs are the key to more manageable blockchains.
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Paxful Chips Away at LocalBitcoins' Russian P2P Market Dominance
Paxful’s year-old foray into Russian crypto markets is paying off for the peer-to-peer exchange.
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U.S Marines training on government-issued tablets. (Cpl. AaronJames Vinculado/U.S. Marine Corps)
Marine Corps Bans Crypto Mining Apps From Government-Issued Mobile Devices
The Tuesday memo does not give a specific reason for the bitcoin mining ban but broadly cited security concerns.
U.S Marines training on government-issued tablets. (Cpl. AaronJames Vinculado/U.S. Marine Corps)
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Marathon Boosting Bitcoin Mining Game With 1,360 More Rigs Arriving in August
The publicly traded firm has bought hundreds of rigs from mining hardware rivals MicroBT and Bitmain.
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TokenSoft's Bay Area office space is just 10 floors above the SEC's West Coast wing. (Mason Borda)
605 Days Later: How ArCoins Got the SEC Go-Ahead as an Ethereum-Traded Treasurys Fund
A look inside Arca and TokenSoft’s 605-day crusade to register the first Ethereum blockchain-native ‘40 Act Fund.
TokenSoft's Bay Area office space is just 10 floors above the SEC's West Coast wing. (Mason Borda)