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

Policy

Judge Bans PaxForex From US for Offering Unregistered, Leveraged Crypto Trades

The St. Vincent-based trading shop did not show up in court to defend itself against CFTC allegations.

Jul 9, 2021

Policy

Fed Says 'Surge' in Crypto Prices Reflects Increased Appetite for Risk

The central bank's monetary policy report to Congress gave crypto a rare shoutout Friday.

Jul 9, 2021

Federal Reserve building, Washington, D.C.

Finance

Single Buyer Apes Into Mooch's ETH Fund for $5.7M, Docs Show

Anthony Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Capital has launched its second crypto-specific private fund. One buyer has committed funds so far.

Jul 9, 2021

SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci.

Markets

Square to Build Bitcoin Hardware Wallet

“We’re doing it,” tweeted Jack Dorsey, the fintech’s CEO.

Jul 8, 2021

Finance

Circle Says It Lost $2M to Email Fraudsters in June

The USDC issuer said in an SEC filing that customer funds were not impacted by the incident.

Jul 8, 2021

Circle was the target of an "email fraud incident" in June, according to new SEC filings.

Markets

Circle Lost $156M on Poloniex Acquisition, SPAC Documents Reveal

The soon-to-be public company is still dealing with Poloniex’s legal woes despite cutting ties in 2019, with securities and sanctions fines to be paid.

Jul 8, 2021