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

Crypto Asset Managers Chase Yield With New Investment Products

A cocktail of high inflation and cash-hungry crypto firms are prompting fund issuers like Bitwise and 21Shares to get creative.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan

Policy

Madison Cawthorn Hit With US House Ethics Investigation Over Crypto Promotion

The probe, announced Monday, appears to be related to the “Let’s Go Brandon” meme coin.

Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) speaks during a press conference on Nov. 1, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

Policy

Fed Survey: 12% of US Adults Held Crypto in 2021

It marks crypto’s first appearance in the central bank’s “Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households” survey.

(Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

US Treasury Official Warns Crypto Industry to Proactively Sanction 'Problematic' Wallets

FinCEN Associate Director Alessio Evangelista said crypto service providers shouldn't wait for the government to designate a wallet if it's being used for illicit activity.

FinCEN Associate Director Alessio Evangelista (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

FTX US Debuts Stock Trading in Push for Bigger Slice of US Retail Pie

Brokerage accounts can be funded with the stablecoin USDC, the exchange said.

FTX US President Brett Harrison (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Chainalysis Reveals ‘Storyline’ Product to Follow the Money in Crypto Crime

“You have an entire investigation that tells the entire story of what happened,” Chief Scientist Jacob Illum said.

Chainalysis Chief Scientist Jacob Illum speaks at the tracking firm's LINKS conference. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Oasis Pro Raises $27M for Crypto Securities Trading Platform

CEO Pat LaVecchia, a former MakerDAO compliance adviser, said Oasis Pro is in the “early stages” of integrating with DeFi platforms.

Oasis Pro Markets CEO Pat LaVecchia (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Kwon Proposes Forking Terra, Nixing UST Stablecoin in ‘Revival Plan 2’

“$UST peg failure is Terra’s DAO hack moment,” the Terraform Labs CEO wrote, “a chance to rise up anew from the ashes.”

Terra's advertisement displayed at the ballpark of Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals (Danny Nelson)

Finance

At Nationals Ballpark, Terra’s Bad Week Never Happened

Terra’s $38 million Nationals sponsorship hasn’t made an impact on “Terra Club” workers and fans.

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