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

‘Solcial’ Raises $2.9M to Build Censorship-Free Social Media on Solana

The site will place a heavy focus on monetization opportunities for content creators.

(Hans-Peter Gauster/Unsplash)

Finance

Grape Network, the Startup That Broke Solana, Raises $1.8M

Key contributor Dean Pappas said he didn’t mean for his project’s public token sale to crash an entire ecosystem. Now VCs are following suit.

(jose alfonso sierra/Unsplash)

Tech

Strike App, Now Live in Twitter Tip Feature, Also Launches Bitcoin Payments API

The move from the Jack Mallers-led startup could be a boon for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.

Square CEO Jack Mallers (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

TRM Labs to Bring Crypto Tracing Tools to Solana

The company is the first of the major crypto trackers to bring its compliance tools to the Solana blockchain.

TRM Labs co-founders Esteban Castano (left) and Rahul Raina

Finance

Leaked Slides Show How Chainalysis Flags Crypto Suspects for Cops

Walletexplorer.com, a block explorer site secretly operated by Chainalysis, has provided law enforcement with “meaningful leads,” the documents say.

(Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Genesis Digital Assets Raises $431M for Expansion

Paradigm led the funding round, which included other venture heavyweights.

(CoinDesk archives)

Policy

3 States: Alabama Securities Commission Also Claims Celsius Violated Securities Laws

Texas and New Jersey both announced they believed Celsius violated state securities laws on Friday.

mashinsky

Policy

US Officials Add Insider Trading Claims to Binance Investigation: Report

Binance already faced a probe from the IRS and Department of Justice.

Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (CoinDesk Archives)

Finance

Celsius CEO Eager to ‘Educate’ Securities Regulators in Brewing Legal Fight

In an AMA Friday, Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky said the crypto lender was ready to work with regulators.

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky (CoinDesk archives)