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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Crypto Trader Eisenberg's $110M Fraud Trial to Put DeFi Under Microscope
The two-week trial will test the government's strategy of portraying complex crypto trades as simple fraud.
Avi Eisenberg's profile pic on X (formerly Twitter).
Credbull CEO Jason Dehni (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Credbull's First Crypto Fund Chases High Fixed Yields
Crypto's high yield structured product sector is getting a bit more mature.
Credbull CEO Jason Dehni (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Galaxy Plans to Raise $100M for Crypto Venture Fund
Galaxy's prolific venture wing plans to start accepting – and investing – outside capital.
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
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Telegram's Pivot to TON Payments for Ads Boosts Toncoin
The messaging app's switch to TON from Euro creates a circular economy for the closely-linked crypto.
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Jeffrey Zirlin, co-founder of Sky Mavis (left) (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
Pixels Crypto Game Fuels Resurgent Ronin Blockchain
Ronin's user base has jumped 700% over the past few months, according to Token Terminal.
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Ethereum Foundation Faces Inquiry From a Government; Fortune Says SEC Investigating ETH
After the publication of this article, Fortune reported the SEC seeks to classify ETH as a security.
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Berachain's Crypto Trade Aggregator Ooga Booga Raises $1M
Berachain mainnet isn't even live yet; no traders are trading, or exchanges exchanging, on crypto's latest layer-1. But that isn't dissuading Ooga Booga from fundraising to su...
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Polygon Labs Paid $4M to Host Starbucks' Failed Foray Into Crypto: Sources
The blockchain developer gave the coffee giant a $4 million grant as part of their 2022 deal to build an NFT-powered loyalty program that is now being shuttered.
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MANTRA Chain Raises $11M for RWA Tokenization with Middle East Tint
The project seeks to be a hub for RWAs in the Cosmos ecosystem.
Dubai (Christoph Schulz/Unsplash)
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Stablecoin Project Gyroscope to Conduct Points Program, Launch High-Yield Liquidity Pools
The Galaxy Ventures-backed project expects its “Rehype” liquidity pools could generate mid-double digit returns, developers said.
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