Danny Nelson

Managing Editor - Data & Tokens

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.

Latest from Danny Nelson

Finance

Franklin Templeton Joins Spot Bitcoin ETF Race

The financial services heavyweight joins its brethren BlackRock, Fidelity and others in vying for a spot bitcoin ETF.

Sep 12, 2023

Jenny Johnson, President and CEO, Franklin Templeton and Michael Casey, Chief Content Officer, Coindesk

Markets

NounsDAO Barrels Toward Treasury Split After NFT Holders Rally for ‘Rage Quit’

The leading NFT project will soon lose a chunk of its treasury to disaffected investors.

Sep 9, 2023

Finance

NFT Video Startup Glass Falls to Crypto Bear Market

The startup’s founders say they’re ending active development after two years.

Sep 8, 2023

Podcasts

Did Centralization Cause the Base Blockchain Outage?

Sep 8, 2023

Policy

North Korea's 'Lazarus' Hackers Stole $41 Million From Crypto Gambling Site, FBI Says

Github warned in July that DPRK hackers were targeting crypto and gambling sites.

Sep 7, 2023

North Korean head Kim Jong-Un (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Policy

Ex-FTX Executive Ryan Salame Could Forfeit $1.5B as Part of Guilty Plea

Salame admitted to being a "straw donor” to secretly funnel millions of dollars to Republican political candidates while Bankman-Fried donated to Democrats.

Sep 7, 2023