Danny Nelson

Danny was 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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SEC Did Not Consult Industry Before Kraken Crypto Staking Charges: Commissioner Peirce

The SEC commissioner spoke a day after Kraken settled charges with the regulator that its U.S. staking service was an unregistered securities offering.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Kraken to Shut US Crypto-Staking Service, Pay $30M Fine in SEC Settlement

The announcement by the U.S. regulator confirms a CoinDesk scoop from earlier Thursday.

Kraken CEO Dave Ripley (Kraken)

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New FTX CEO Charged Crypto Exchange $690K Last Year: Hearing

John J. Ray III replaced former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried at the bankrupt crypto exchange.

FTX Group CEO John J. Ray III (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

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DeFi Lender Alchemix Approves ALCX Token Buyback Plan

The new revenue spend model seeks to move Alchemix’s synthetic tokens in line with their underlying assets.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

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FTX Asks Politicians Who Received Bankman-Fried Donations to Return Money

The “confidential letters” escalate a fight over what could be $93 million in campaign contributions.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, back when he could testify before Congress (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Alleged Mango Markets Exploiter Eisenberg Is Working to Negotiate Bail Following First NY Court Hearing

Avraham Eisenberg has publicly admitted to draining $116 million from the crypto exchange.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

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Orion Protocol Loses $3M of Crypto in Trading Pool Exploit

Wallets associated with the event are sending ether through mixer Tornado Cash.

(Orion Protocol, modified by CoinDesk)

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LBRY Token Rally Stalls as Traders Move on From Court Speculation

The token has still nearly doubled in price in the past seven days.

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