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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ETHDenver Teases Spin-off Plans as Conference Winds Down

After a successful week of hacking, networking and partying, conference co-founder John Paller revealed he is in talks to organize satellite events in other countries.

ETHDenver co-founder John Paller delivers his closing remarks. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Uniswap Wants to Launch Crypto Wallet App, but Apple Says Not So Fast

The company behind the top decentralized exchange said Apple is standing in the way of the offering.

Uniswap Labs design lead Callil Capuozzo at ETHDenver 2023 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Wallet Giddy Lets Polygon Users Pay Gas Fees in USDC

“Autogas will support even more tokens in the future,” the CEO of the wallet company said.

(Robert Geiger/Flickr)

Finance

Hosts of Bankless Podcast Raising $35M Crypto Venture Fund: Sources

The popular crypto podcast is branching out beyond its media roots to invest in emerging Web3 startups.

Bankless co-host David Hoffman speaks at an ETHDenver 2023 side event. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Disinvitation From Denver Crypto Conference Reveals Tensions Between Aptos, Sui Blockchains

Tensions have gone public between Aptos and Sui, two startup blockchains staffed by teams of individuals who emerged from Facebook's defunct Diem stablecoin project.

In a new dispute between Celsius and a trading partner, both parties seem to have helped fumble depositors' bags. (Getty Images)

Finance

Solana’s Spam Problems Persist Despite Tech Improvements, MEV Researchers Say

Arbitrageurs are eating up precious blockspace with pointless transactions, according to Jito Labs.

Solana party in Lisbon (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Solana Validators to Make Second Restart Attempt as Transaction Freeze Drags On

It’s still unclear what caused the service outage.

Solana's offices in New York City (Danny Nelson)

Tech

Solana Network Stumbles, On-Chain Trading Slows After ‘Forking’ Incident

Some validators are downgrading their software in an attempt to restore activity.

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

Finance

Oasis Exploits Its Own Wallet Software to Seize Crypto Stolen in Wormhole Hack

The High Court of England and Wales ordered the crypto platform to reclaim the stolen funds.

Jump Crypto President Kanav Kariya (Danny Nelson)