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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Finance

Stablecoin Issuer Lybra Finance Launches Arbitrum Testnet Amid Quest to Be More DeFi-Friendly

Users can now interact with Lybra’s new companion stablecoin peUSD, which is said to be more compatible with decentralized finance protocols than the protocol’s main stablecoin eUSD.

Lybra Finance launched its version 2 test network on Arbitrum Wednesday morning. (Getty Images)

Policy

New U.S. Senate Bill Wants to Regulate DeFi Like a Bank

DeFi protocols would need to impose strict controls on their users.

Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I) is sponsoring the bill (Photo by Patrick Semansky-Pool/Getty Images)

Tech

Solana’s Largest Protocol, Marinade, Bets Growth on ‘Native’ SOL Staking Product

Marinade Finance contributors say the new service could appeal to institutional investors.

cartoon of Marinade Finance's logo

Tech

Le plus grand protocole de Solana, Marinade, mise sur la croissance du produit de jalonnement SOL « natif »

La rédaction de Marinade Finance affirment que le nouveau service pourrait plaire aux investisseurs institutionnels.

cartoon of Marinade Finance's logo

Tech

Il più grande protocollo di Solana, Marinade, scommette sulla crescita del prodotto di staking SOL "nativo"

I Collaboratori di Marinade Finanza affermano che il nuovo servizio potrebbe attrarre gli investitori istituzionali.

cartoon of Marinade Finance's logo

Tech

O maior protocolo de Solana, Marinade, aposta no crescimento do produto de piquetagem SOL 'nativo'

Os Colaboradores da Marinade Finanças dizem que o novo serviço pode atrair investidores institucionais.

cartoon of Marinade Finance's logo

Tech

El protocolo más grande de Solana, Marinade, apuesta por el crecimiento del producto de participación SOL 'nativo'

Los Colaboradores de Marinade Finanzas dicen que el nuevo servicio podría atraer a inversores institucionales.

cartoon of Marinade Finance's logo

Tech

Ang Pinakamalaking Protocol ng Solana, Marinade, Tinaya ang Paglago sa 'Native' SOL Staking Product

Sinasabi ng mga Contributors ng Marinade Finance na ang bagong serbisyo ay maaaring mag-apela sa mga namumuhunan sa institusyon.

cartoon of Marinade Finance's logo

Finance

Messaging Platform Telegram Has Issued $270M in Bonds to Fund Growth

"I personally bought about a quarter of the new Telegram bonds," said Pavel Durov, the CEO of the popular but not-yet-profitable platform.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov (TechCrunch)

Finance

Hector Network Votes to Liquidate $16M Treasury Following Multichain, Fantom Losses

The vote delivers a pyrrhic victory to activist investors who hounded the Fantom-based project with allegations of mismanagement.

(H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images)