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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Stablecoin Project Gyroscope to Conduct Points Program, Launch High-Yield Liquidity Pools

The Galaxy Ventures-backed project expects its “Rehype” liquidity pools could generate mid-double digit returns, developers said.

(Danielbaise/Wikimedia Commons)

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Crypto Firm Bakkt Shakes Up Leadership, Names Board Member Andy Main New CEO

The current CEO Gavin Michael will step down “to pursue other opportunities.”

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El Salvador Has Thousands More Bitcoins Than Previously Known

The Central American nation moved $400 million in BTC into a cold storage wallet this week.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele (Getty Images)

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Solana-Based Crypto Exchange Drift Plans Pre-Launch Market for New Tokens

A pre-launch market may help create better price discovery, Drift co-founder Cindy Leow said.

(Danny Nelson for CoinDesk)

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Derogatory Elizabeth Warren Meme Coin Deleted From Coinbase's Website

The token targets a U.S. senator who has frequently criticized the cryptocurrency industry.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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How an Appeals Court Ruled on an Aspiring Class-Action Lawsuit Against Binance

The exchange must face a lawsuit, an appeals court ruled. The SEC is all over it.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Solana NFT Marketplace Tensor to Issue TNSR Governance Token

The on-chain venue for NFT swaps stayed mum about an airdrop.

Solana booth at ETHDenver 2024 conference. (Sam Kessler)

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Solana DeFi's KMNO Airdrop Sparked Outrage. Kamino Responded With Changes

The Solana DeFi protocol will give extra KMNO to its "longest" users.

Solana banner in Austin, Texas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Blockchain Builder Eclipse Labs Raises $50M Ahead of Layer-2’s Mainnet Debut

The project mixes tech from Ethereum, Solana and other blockchains.

Lunar eclipse (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Solana Client Developer Jito Ends 'Mempool' Function

The mempool was a key part of its technology stack that nonetheless allowed for "sandwich" attacks.

Solana booth at ETHDenver 2024 conference. (Sam Kessler)