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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Finance

Genesis Claims $5.1B in Liabilities in First-Day Bankruptcy Filing

Three of the institutional crypto brokerage's entities filed for Chapter 11 protection late Thursday.

(Genesis Trading, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Genesis' Crypto Lending Businesses File for Bankruptcy Protection

The collapse of FTX in late 2022 was the final straw for Genesis, which earlier that year reportedly suffered losses of several hundred million dollars due to its exposure to failed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital.

(Genesis Trading, modificado por CoinDesk)

Finance

SHIB Is a Favorite Holding Among New Crypto Wallets, Nansen Shows

The meme coin is the most popular non-stablecoin asset for newly funded wallets.

A Shiba inu, the dog breed that inspired both DOGE and SHIB, is getting a ride in cryptocurrency markets. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC Alleges Gemini, Genesis Sold Unregistered Securities

Gemini and Genesis have been engaged in a public spat after Genesis suspended withdrawals last year.

Tyler y Cameron Winklevoss, de Gemini, en el evento TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2015. (TechCrunch/Wikimedia)

Finance

Justice Department Probing Saber Labs Founders Over Solana-Based Projects: Sources

The investigation follows a CoinDesk exposé that showed Ian and Dylan Macalinao used a web of 11 pseudonymous identities to build an ecosystem of interlocking financial products around Saber.

Ian Macalinao, one of the Saber brothers (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)