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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Policy

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)

Tech

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.

(Danny Nelson for CoinDesk)

Finance

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)

Policy

How an Appeals Court Ruled on an Aspiring Class-Action Lawsuit Against Binance

The exchange must face a lawsuit, an appeals court ruled. The SEC is all over it.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Tech

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)

Finance

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)

Finance

Blockchain Builder Eclipse Labs Raises $50M Ahead of Layer-2’s Mainnet Debut

The project mixes tech from Ethereum, Solana and other blockchains.

Lunar eclipse (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Finance

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)

Finance

Solana DeFi Protocol Kamino Sets KMNO Token Airdrop for April

The airdrop will reward users based on their points totals.

Arbitrum airdrop goes live. (Pexel/Pixabay)

Finance

Wormhole to Airdrop 617M W Tokens to Past Users

The cross-chain bridging project confirmed it will release a token.

Wormhole (Genty/Pixabay)