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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Pixels Crypto Game Fuels Resurgent Ronin Blockchain
Ronin's user base has jumped 700% over the past few months, according to Token Terminal.
Jeffrey Zirlin, co-founder of Sky Mavis (left) (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
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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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Crypto Firm Bakkt Shakes Up Leadership, Names Board Member Andy Main New CEO
The current CEO Gavin 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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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)