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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Bank of Canada
Canada’s Central Bank Is Serious About Designing a CBDC, Job Posting Reveals
The Bank of Canada is preparing to design its own central bank digital currency (CBDC), detailing its plans in a new job posting.
Bank of Canada
SIMBA Chain is setting up a node at Tinker Air Force Base, home to the USAF's 448th Supply Chain Management Wing (Greg L. Davis/U.S. Air Force)
US Air Force Gives Blockchain Firm $1.5M to Build Supply Chain Network
SIMBA Chain, a blockchain-as-a-service company, has two years and $1.5 million to further build out its supply chain logistics platform for the United States Air Force.
SIMBA Chain is setting up a node at Tinker Air Force Base, home to the USAF's 448th Supply Chain Management Wing (Greg L. Davis/U.S. Air Force)
Revolut CEO Nikolay Nikolay Storonsky (Stephen McCarthy/Web Summit via Sportsfile/Flickr)
UK Fintech Bank Revolut Will Give Customers 'Legal' Ownership Over Cryptos – But With a Caveat
UK fintech bank Revolut will give its customers legal ownership over their cryptocurrencies next month, but will limit how they can spend those coins.
Revolut CEO Nikolay Nikolay Storonsky (Stephen McCarthy/Web Summit via Sportsfile/Flickr)
Bitcoin mining machines
Hut 8 Plans $7.5M Offering to Upgrade Bitcoin Mining Rigs
Hut 8 Mining is looking to raise at least $7.5 million to upgrade its fleet of BlockBox bitcoin miners.
Bitcoin mining machines
(Credit: Danny Nelson / CoinDesk)
Algorand and Blockstack Are Building a Multi-Chain Smart Contract Language
Clarity, a new open-source programming language, promises to deliver less-buggy smart contracts.
(Credit: Danny Nelson / CoinDesk)
Chain broken
Elrond Will Pay You $60,000 to Break Its Blockchain
Elrond is conducting a “trial by fire” exercise on its blockchain protocol, offering big bounties to white-hat hackers who can disrupt the network.
Chain broken
Li and a conspirator tricked an Apple representative into sending them the iPhone 8 they used in their SIM swaps, prosecutors allege. (Credit: Hadrian/Shutterstock)
US Officials Allege Student Defrauded Apple as Part of SIM Swap Attack
A UC-San Diego student is accused of participating in a SIM-swapping scam that defrauded Apple and stole one victim’s crypto.
Li and a conspirator tricked an Apple representative into sending them the iPhone 8 they used in their SIM swaps, prosecutors allege. (Credit: Hadrian/Shutterstock)
Chainalysis said only 0.9% of zcash transactions are shielded, letting it track the other 99%. (Credit: Shutterstock)
Crypto Forensics Firm Chainalysis Adds Tracing Support for Zcash, Dash
The blockchain intelligence firm says it has added zcash and dash to its transaction-tracing products.
Chainalysis said only 0.9% of zcash transactions are shielded, letting it track the other 99%. (Credit: Shutterstock)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Monetary Authority Pumped Some of $13B Bank Infusion Using Blockchain
The central bank claims to have distributed 'part' of a recent $13 billion bank "liquidity enhancement" using blockchain tech.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The Bank of Lithuania's LBCoin digital collectible may be a gimmick, but its ambitions for blockchain tech are very, very real. (Credit: Bank of Lithuania)
Lithuania Is Trialing a CBDC No One Can Use – And That’s by Design
The Bank of Lithuania's LBCoin digital collectible may be a gimmick, but its ambitions for blockchain tech are very, very real.
The Bank of Lithuania's LBCoin digital collectible may be a gimmick, but its ambitions for blockchain tech are very, very real. (Credit: Bank of Lithuania)