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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Tecnologia

Solana Goes Dark for 7 Hours as Bots Swarm ‘Candy Machine’ NFT Minting Tool

It wasn’t immediately clear how the bot traffic overcame network safeguards.

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

Finanças

Dorsey Praises Musk's Twitter Buy: 'Elon Is the Singular Solution'

"Taking it back from Wall Street is the correct first step," Twitter founder and erstwhile CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted Monday.

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Política

US Treasury Sanctions More North Korea-Linked ETH Wallets Over $600M Ronin Hack

The three new wallets join an Ethereum address added to the sanctions list last week.

(CoinDesk)

Finanças

Crypto Lender Celsius Says Its CEL Token Faces ‘Regulatory Risks’

Lost keys, stolen coins, failing chains – and now regulation – could affect CEL, a Celsius Network disclosure form said.

The Celsius both at Bitcoin Miami 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finanças

Institutional Goes Exotic: Valkyrie’s Multi-Coin Trust Eyes Staking Rewards

Investing in a basket of proof-of-stake tokens should yield about 6% annually, CIO McClurg said. “People have already made their money in Ethereum and they want the next thing.”

Valkyrie CIO Steven McClurg speaks at Bitcoin Miami 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tecnologia

Sanctioned Crypto Wallet Linked to North Korean Hackers Keeps Laundering

It’s a game of wallet whack-a-mole despite Tornado Cash’s efforts. For now, the hackers appear to be winning.

(Eric Lafforgue/Art In All Of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)

Finanças

Saylor Calls MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Play ‘Tremendous Success,’ Promises More BTC Buys

The CEO is almost two years into his multibillion-dollar experiment of bitcoin on the balance sheet. According to a new investor letter, his conviction isn’t waning.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor snaps a photo of a cardboard cutout of himself at Bitcoin Miami 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Política

US Officials Tie North Korea’s ‘Lazarus’ Hackers to $625M Crypto Theft

Axie Infinity’s Ronin blockchain suffered a massive exploit late last month.

North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un (Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images)