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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Tecnologie

Solana Delivers 'Token Extensions' to Attract Compliance-Minded Token Developers

The new features let token developers hard code various restrictions into their assets.

Scenes from a Solana hacker house (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Mercati

Avalanche Foundation Puts Rules on Plans to Buy Meme Coins

Only meme coins native to the Avalanche blockchain will be considered, according to new guidelines.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finanza

Donald Trump's NFTs Have Limits Normal Ones Don't

Buyers of these Bitcoin ordinals can't trade them for almost a year.

Donald Trump pitching his NFTs (CollectTrumpCards.com)

Finanza

Solana Mobile to Sell Second Crypto Smartphone

The successor to Saga will have new hardware and a cheaper price point, according to a person familiar with the plans.

The Saga smartphone. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tecnologie

Liquidity-Focused Berachain Opens Layer-1 Testnet to Public

Berachain's pseudonymous founders plan "to accomplish more with less initial resources."

The current crypto bear market continues. (mana5280/Unsplash)

Politiche

Hacker Seized SEC Phone Number to Post Fake Bitcoin ETF Approval, X Says

The revelation raises questions about the investments regulator's security protocols.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler in Washington on Oct. 25, 2023 (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Politiche

Crypto Boosters Attack SEC for 'Manipulating' BTC Market After ETF Tweet

Lawmakers and crypto boosters are asking questions about how the SEC's X (formerly Twitter) account was compromised, leading to a bogus tweet on Tuesday.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) is one of the lawmakers asking for more information after the SEC's X account was compromised on Tuesday. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Tecnologie

Mango Markets Faces Regulatory 'Inquiry' Ahead of Eisenberg Crypto Fraud Trial

The DEX is voting on whether to appoint a representative to triage this inquiry.

A cubist painting of a federal agent inspecting a mango with a magnifying glass (DALL-E)

Finanza

Jupiter Targets JUP Airdrop for End of January

The Solana-based trading aggregator will test the longevity of the Solana frenzy.

Planet Jupiter and its great red spot

Finanza

Amid Bitcoin ETF Race, Wall Street Giants Dot Their Bureaucratic I's as Likely SEC Action Looms

BlackRock, Fidelity and Invesco want all their ducks in a row should the SEC grant approvals early in the new year.

Gary Gensler's SEC must now decide what to do about multiple applications for BTC and ETH ETFs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)