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 Firm Bakkt Shakes Up Leadership, Names Board Member Andy Main New CEO
The current CEO Michael will step down “to pursue other opportunities.”
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El Salvador President Nayib Bukele (Getty Images)
El Salvador Has Thousands More Bitcoins Than Previously Known
The Central American nation moved $400 million in BTC into a cold storage wallet this week.
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele (Getty Images)
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Solana-Based Crypto Exchange Drift Plans Pre-Launch Market for New Tokens
A pre-launch market may help create better price discovery, Drift co-founder Cindy Leow said.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Derogatory Elizabeth Warren Meme Coin Deleted From Coinbase's Website
The token targets a U.S. senator who has frequently criticized the cryptocurrency industry.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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)