Danny Nelson

Managing Editor - Data & Tokens

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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SEC Sets November Deadline for Final Decision on VanEck Bitcoin ETF

Regulators are again postponing a decision on what would be the first U.S. bitcoin ETF.

Sep 9, 2021

SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission

CBDCs, Tether and Digital Real Estate

Sep 9, 2021

Banks Will Have to Adapt to DeFi, Featuring Eric Wall

The Digital Art Craze: Everyone Is Jumping In

Sep 2, 2021

The Digital Art Craze: Everyone Is Jumping In

‘Crypto Dad’ Giancarlo to Quit BlockFi’s Board After 4 Months

The departure comes as BlockFi faces mounting legal pressure over its flagship interest-bearing crypto accounts.

Sep 2, 2021

J. Christopher Giancarlo, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), speaks during an interview at the Securities Industry And Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) annual meting in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. SIFMA represents the U.S. securities industry including broker-dealers, banks and asset managers with nearly one million employees providing access to the capital markets. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

Mutual Fund Giant Franklin Templeton Eyes Bitcoin, Ether Trades With Planned Hires

The $1.5 trillion asset manager is a newcomer to crypto investing despite years of experimenting with blockchain tech.

Sep 1, 2021

Benjamin Franklin (Culture Club/Getty Images)

FTX.US to Buy LedgerX in Bid for US Crypto Derivatives

The move paves the way for Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire to gain a foothold in the restrictive U.S. derivatives scene.

Aug 31, 2021

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Nigeria’s Central Bank Taps Bitt to Launch CBDC by Year’s End

The bank is working with the blockchain startup to develop an eNaira digital currency.

Aug 30, 2021

Godwin Emefiele, governor of Nigeria's central bank. (Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Polkadot’s Parallel Finance Raises $22M at $150M Valuation

The startup wants to become a DeFi “brand” across multiple blockchains.

Aug 30, 2021

Parallel lights, Parallel Finance. (Martin Sanchez/Unsplash)

Angela Walch: A Realist’s View of the Infrastructure Bill

Aug 27, 2021

Angela Walch: A Realist’s View of the Infrastructure Bill

RLY Holders Approve Social Token Platform’s Decentralization Plan

The proposal’s 36 voters unanimously backed Rally’s plan to spawn a venture studio, an Asia-focused affiliate and other new entities.

Aug 26, 2021

Bremner Morris, the new CEO of Rally's U.S. entity. (Rally)