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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Finance

LFG Slow-Walks Plan to Repay Small-Time Terra Holders, Citing Legal Threats

The Luna Foundation Guard still has about $100 million in reserves that it has pledged as compensation.

The Terra logo inside the luxury club at Nationals Park. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

BNB Chain Halts After 'Potential Exploit' Drained Estimated $100M in Crypto

The chain has now resumed operations after fixing a problem that let someone create $570 million of the token, though they were only able to abscond with a smaller amount.

Binance's Changpeng Zhao speaking at Messari Mainnet (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Decentralized Social Network's DeSo Token Rallies Amid Stablecoin Plans

The project has created a wrapper for Circle’s widespread USDC stablecoin.

Nader Al Naji, Head of the DeSo Foundation, cofounder and former CEO of Basis. (Outcast Agency)

Finance

With Crypto Governance in CFTC Crosshairs, SushiSwap Mulls Legal Shakeup

Outside lawyers have told Sushi to restructure around legal entities. In the wake of Ooki, will the DAO listen?

Sushi as been advised to break itself up. (Stefan Schauberger/Unsplash)

Finance

Valkyrie Funds to Offer Crypto SMAs, Challenging Ark and Franklin Templeton

The crypto-native investment manager will offer actively managed strategies that delve into bitcoin, ether and more.

Valkyrie CEO Leah Wald (CoinDesk TV)

Finance

What Is EthereumMax? Inside the Crypto Kim Kardashian Lost $1.2M Promoting

EthereumMax and the EMAX token won investors over with big promises and flashy names. But has it delivered?

EMAX Ethereum Max and Kim Kardashian (Ethereum Max/Daniele Venturelli/WireImage/Getty Images))