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Danny Nelson

Danny Nelson

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.

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Hacking
Elrond Will Pay You $60,000 to Break Its Blockchain
Elrond is conducting a “trial by fire” exercise on its blockchain protocol, offering big bounties to white-hat hackers who can disrupt the network.
Chain broken
By Danny Nelson
Jun 10, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. UTC
Jun 10, 2020
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Li and a conspirator tricked an Apple representative into sending them the iPhone 8 they used in their SIM swaps, prosecutors allege. (Credit: Hadrian/Shutterstock)
Markets
Apple
US Officials Allege Student Defrauded Apple as Part of SIM Swap Attack
A UC-San Diego student is accused of participating in a SIM-swapping scam that defrauded Apple and stole one victim’s crypto.
Li and a conspirator tricked an Apple representative into sending them the iPhone 8 they used in their SIM swaps, prosecutors allege. (Credit: Hadrian/Shutterstock)
By Danny Nelson
Jun 9, 2020 at 6:01 p.m. UTC
Jun 9, 2020
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Chainalysis said only 0.9% of zcash transactions are shielded, letting it track the other 99%. (Credit: Shutterstock)
Finance
Chainalysis
Crypto Forensics Firm Chainalysis Adds Tracing Support for Zcash, Dash
The blockchain intelligence firm says it has added zcash and dash to its transaction-tracing products.
Chainalysis said only 0.9% of zcash transactions are shielded, letting it track the other 99%. (Credit: Shutterstock)
By Danny Nelson
Jun 9, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
Jun 9, 2020
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Policy
Central banks
Saudi Monetary Authority Pumped Some of $13B Bank Infusion Using Blockchain
The central bank claims to have distributed 'part' of a recent $13 billion bank "liquidity enhancement" using blockchain tech.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
By Danny Nelson
Jun 9, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
Jun 9, 2020
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The Bank of Lithuania's LBCoin digital collectible may be a gimmick, but its ambitions for blockchain tech are very, very real. (Credit: Bank of Lithuania)
Policy
Ibm
Lithuania Is Trialing a CBDC No One Can Use – And That’s by Design
The Bank of Lithuania's LBCoin digital collectible may be a gimmick, but its ambitions for blockchain tech are very, very real.
The Bank of Lithuania's LBCoin digital collectible may be a gimmick, but its ambitions for blockchain tech are very, very real. (Credit: Bank of Lithuania)
By Danny Nelson
Jun 8, 2020 at 4:15 p.m. UTC
Jun 8, 2020
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"This is the first time that a blockchain-based transfer agent" has disbursed a security token payout, said CEO Carlos Domingo. Credit: CoinDesk archives
Markets
Securitize
Securitize Debuts On-Chain Royalty Payouts for Lottery.com Security Token
Securitize, a registered transfer agent, has facilitated the payout of royalties from blockchain-based securities for the first time.
"This is the first time that a blockchain-based transfer agent" has disbursed a security token payout, said CEO Carlos Domingo. Credit: CoinDesk archives
By Danny Nelson
Jun 8, 2020 at 6:04 a.m. UTC
Jun 8, 2020
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong
Markets
Coinbase
Coinbase Offers US Feds New Crypto Surveillance Tools
Coinbase Analytics vaults the massive crypto exchange into a crowded field of blockchain tracing companies all vying for millions of federal dollars.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong
By Danny Nelson
Jun 5, 2020 at 10:10 p.m. UTC
Jun 5, 2020
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SEC logo
Markets
Sec
SEC Moves to Freeze Assets of Alleged $12M Crypto Investment Scam
The SEC is trying to freeze the assets of a cryptocurrency mining and multilevel marketing scheme that it claimed bilked investors of $12 million.
SEC logo
By Danny Nelson
Jun 5, 2020 at 8:05 p.m. UTC
Jun 5, 2020
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A lawsuit alleges Xapo is holding roughly 20 stolen BTC in a pair of hot wallets. (Credit: CoinDesk archives)
Markets
Xapo
Lawsuit Accuses Xapo, Indodax of Negligently Holding Stolen Bitcoin
A crypto trader is trying to seize nearly 500 bitcoins from exchanges Xapo and Indodax through a new lawsuit that accuses the two crypto exchanges of harboring his stolen fund...
A lawsuit alleges Xapo is holding roughly 20 stolen BTC in a pair of hot wallets. (Credit: CoinDesk archives)
By Danny Nelson
Jun 4, 2020 at 9:28 p.m. UTC
Jun 4, 2020
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Markets
Poloniex
Bittrex, Poloniex Added to Lawsuit Claiming Tether Manipulated Bitcoin Market
An amended lawsuit alleging Tether and Bitfinex manipulated the bitcoin market is now claiming Poloniex and Bittrex were also involved.
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By Danny Nelson
Jun 4, 2020 at 3:55 p.m. UTC
Jun 4, 2020
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