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.

Latest from Danny Nelson

Markets

Digital Custodian Anchorage Adds XRP Storage for Institutional Customers

Anchorage, a digital asset custodian targeting institutional clients, has added support for XRP, offering services for all of the top-3 cryptocurrencies.

Apr 2, 2020

Crypto custodians are increasingly mindful of how stored tokens should be used in governing DeFi protocols. (Credit: NYPL)

Policy

FATF Says US 'Largely Compliant' With Virtual Currency Recommendations

A new Financial Action Task Force report says the U.S. is largely in compliance with its recommendations around digital assets, but still has some "minor deficiencies" in its state and federal framework.

Apr 2, 2020

The U.S. retains "minor deficiencies" in its policing of the virtual asset space. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Markets

Blockstack Wins Patent for Its Dapp Single Sign-On Product

The U.S. patent office has granted Blockstack intellectual property rights around its single sign-on service for dapps.

Apr 1, 2020

“We don’t want to be in a position where some other (large) company files a patent similar to the work PBC and the community is doing,” Blockstack CEO Muneeb Ali said (Image via Brady Dale/CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Remote Working Proves Unexpected Hero as Half of US Economy Shifts to Home Offices

To those who believe in a digital future in which decentralization makes systems more resilient, the coronavirus crisis has expedited the inevitable.

Mar 31, 2020

Markets

Election App Voatz Just Got Kicked Out of a Major Bug Bounty Program

Bug bounty platform HackerOne severed ties with Medici Ventures-backed Voatz, the blockchain-based mobile voting app for breach of partnership standards.

Mar 30, 2020

Policy

French Central Bank Puts Out Call for Digital Currency Experiments

France's central bank is calling for digital currency proposals with an experiment that moves it to the front of Europe's CBDC debate.

Mar 30, 2020

Banque de France's Governor François Villeroy de Galhau (Image via Wikimedia Commons)

Tech

Opera's Android Web Browser Adds Access to .Crypto Domains for 80M Users

The “blockchain-ready” web browser has added support for Unstoppable Domains’ decentralized .crypto websites.

Mar 30, 2020

From a technical standpoint, the integration marks an intriguing if obscure milestone for Opera. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Finance

Riot Blockchain Says Coronavirus Outbreak Might Hurt Crypto Mining Farms

Riot Blockchain's 10-K filing captures the fear COVID-19 is sowing in American companies.

Mar 30, 2020

Finance

While Some Hoard Dollar Bills, Others Envision Germy Cash's Quick Demise

Is a cash-based society sustainable in a pandemic? Hoarders say yes. Health experts say maybe. Visionaries say no: It’s a moment for systemic change.

Mar 28, 2020

TAINTED? “A single dollar bill can be home to as many as 3,000 different bacteria and has changed hands upwards of a thousand times,” claims the Colorado Bankers Association. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Finance

Coinbase's Retail Payments Wing Crosses $200M in Transactions

Coinbase Commerce's 8,000 retailers have processed more than $200 million since its launch two years ago.

Mar 27, 2020