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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Seeking Yield on $37M Ether Treasury, JPEG'd DAO Mulls Airdrop Farming
"There are possibilities to solidify the treasury at low risk," pseudonymous JPEG'd contributor 0xTutti told CoinDesk.
Farming (James Baltz/Unsplash)
Tangible CEO Jag Singh (Tangible)
Collapsed Real Estate-Backed Stablecoin Charts Path to Recovery
Tangible is looking to move past its failed stablecoin after learning the liquidity lesson the hard way.
Tangible CEO Jag Singh (Tangible)
Marbius at mtnDAO (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
How to Make (or Lose) Hundreds of Dollars Betting Crypto on Your Fitness Goals
"If I don't walk another 4,400 steps I'll lose $333." With a new app called Moonwalk, you get daily lessons in economics – and maybe healthier, too.
Marbius at mtnDAO (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Sporting a black hoodie, the pseudonymous coder known as Proph3t works in a Salt Lake City hacker house. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
'The Goal Is Number Go Up': Inside a DAO’s Radical Governance Experiment
In Meta-DAO's conception of governance, every decision is based on what the market believes is the best outcome for its token, META.
Sporting a black hoodie, the pseudonymous coder known as Proph3t works in a Salt Lake City hacker house. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Anders and Maribus wearing two of the many Apple Vision Pros at mtnDAO (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Apple Vision Pros Are Practically Dress Code at This Crypto Hacker House
Airdrop riches and FOMO are fueling a run on Apple's pricey VR headset at mtnDAO, the Solana blockchain's largest community-run coworking meetup, in Salt Lake City.
Anders and Maribus wearing two of the many Apple Vision Pros at mtnDAO (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
A BONK ad in Salt Lake City (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Revolut to List Bonk, Distribute $1.2M of Meme Coin in 'Learn' Campaign
Bonk's proponents hope to increase the meme coin's user base by 500,000.
A BONK ad in Salt Lake City (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
The Saga smartphone. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Solana's Second Phone Crosses 100,000 Presales, Securing $45M for Development
Solana Mobile's "chapter 2" smartphone could ship in early 2025.
The Saga smartphone. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Kevin Worth, former CEO of Coindesk (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
CoinDesk’s New Owner Bullish Replaces CEO in Restructuring
Sara Stratoberdha replaces Kevin Worth, who has led CoinDesk since 2017.
Kevin Worth, former CEO of Coindesk (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
Diogenes Casares (Teo Casares)
Activist DAO Investor Pivots to Building a Company
Diogenes Casares' new Stream Protocol is a trading platform he plans to eventually turn into a decentralized perpetual swaps exchange.
Diogenes Casares (Teo Casares)
Staking (Shutterstock)
Filecoin's Liquid Staker Glif Raises $4.5M, Hints at Token Airdrop
Glif's "liquid leasing" gives FIL holders a way to earn yield on their assets.
Staking (Shutterstock)