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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Solana booth at ETHDenver 2024 conference. (Sam Kessler)
Solana NFT Marketplace Tensor to Issue TNSR Governance Token
The on-chain venue for NFT swaps stayed mum about an airdrop.
Solana booth at ETHDenver 2024 conference. (Sam Kessler)
Solana banner in Austin, Texas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Solana DeFi's KMNO Airdrop Sparked Outrage. Kamino Responded With Changes
The Solana DeFi protocol will give extra KMNO to its "longest" users.
Solana banner in Austin, Texas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Partial eclipse over a bridge.
Blockchain Builder Eclipse Labs Raises $50M Ahead of Layer-2’s Mainnet Debut
The project mixes tech from Ethereum, Solana and other blockchains.
Partial eclipse over a bridge.
Solana booth at ETHDenver 2024 conference. (Sam Kessler)
Solana Client Developer Jito Ends 'Mempool' Function
The mempool was a key part of its technology stack that nonetheless allowed for "sandwich" attacks.
Solana booth at ETHDenver 2024 conference. (Sam Kessler)
Hot air balloons. (Pexel/Pixabay)
Solana DeFi Protocol Kamino Sets KMNO Token Airdrop for April
The airdrop will reward users based on their points totals.
Hot air balloons. (Pexel/Pixabay)
Wormhole (Genty/Pixabay)
Wormhole to Airdrop 617M W Tokens to Past Users
The cross-chain bridging project confirmed it will release a token.
Wormhole (Genty/Pixabay)
Planet Jupiter and its great red spot
Jupiter’s Perpetual Crypto Trading Falters as Bitcoin Hits Record
The Solana-based trading platform was experiencing issues with its price feed infrastructure.
Planet Jupiter and its great red spot
Fresh red paint on a white wall.
USDR Issuer Tangible Plans to Redeem Itself as a Layer-2 for Real-World Assets
First came the literal redemption for failed stablecoin USDR. Now comes the metaphorical redemption as Tangible changes its name to re.al.
Fresh red paint on a white wall.
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce  at ETHDenver 2024(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
SEC in ‘Enforcement-Only Mode’ for Crypto, Commissioner Peirce Says at ETHDenver
“What I reflect is the fact that you all are spending part of your brainpower” wondering how to avoid getting sued, she said during a panel at EthDenver.
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce  at ETHDenver 2024(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Armani Ferrante (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Solana Veterans Raise $17M for 'Backpack' Crypto Wallet, Exchange
Armani Ferrante's and Tristan Yver's startup raised the funds at a $120 million valuation.
Armani Ferrante (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)