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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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)

Markets

Solana Price Rebounds as Ethereum's Buterin Tweets Support

But the “Sam coin” is still down nearly 95% this year.

DENVER, CO - FEBRUARY 18: Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin speaks at ETHDenver on February 18, 2022 in Denver, Colorado. ETHDenver is the largest and longest running Ethereum Blockchain event in the world with more than 15,000 cryptocurrency devotees attending the weeklong meetup. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Markets

NFTs de Pudgy Penguins superan máximos históricos con el repunte navideño

La rápida subida del precio mínimo cierra un año excepcional para la colección que una vez se había dado por perdida.

Pudgy Penguins NFT are on a holiday rally. (Screenshot)

Policy

Mango Markets Exploiter Eisenberg Arrested in Puerto Rico

The investor drained $110 million in cryptocurrencies from the platform.

Mango DAO's Discord channel celebrated the news of Avraham Eisenberg's arrest with memes. (Mango Discord)

Finance

Pudgy Penguins NFTs Break All-Time Highs With Holiday Rally

A fast-rising floor price caps the once written-off collection’s banner year.

Pudgy Penguins NFT are on a holiday rally. (Screenshot)

Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried tomó dinero prestado de Alameda para comprar acciones de Robinhood

Alameda solicitó un préstamo utilizando esas mismas acciones como garantía.

Extradición a Estados Unidos del fundador de FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, desde las Bahamas. (Real Fuerza de Policía de Bahamas)

Policy

FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Borrowed From Alameda to Buy Robinhood Shares

Alameda took out a loan pledging those same shares as collateral.

Extradición a Estados Unidos del fundador de FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, desde las Bahamas. (Real Fuerza de Policía de Bahamas)

Finance

Solana DeFi Project Mercurial to Relaunch as 'Meteora,' Replace MER Token

Mercurial is the latest to move away from FTX's shadow.

Scenes from Solana's Miami Hacker House in April 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)