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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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Mango (Desirae Hayes-Vitor/Unsplash)
Policy
Regulations
Jury Begins Deliberations in $110M Mango Markets Fraud Trial
Avi Eisenberg faces up to 20 years in prison if he’s convicted on all three counts against him.
Mango (Desirae Hayes-Vitor/Unsplash)
By Cheyenne LigonDanny Nelson
Apr 17, 2024 at 8:06 p.m. UTC
Apr 17, 2024
RegulationsAvi eisenbergMango Markets
Paris Saint-Germain stadium (Tim Lontano/Unsplash)
Markets
Socios
PSG Fan Token Jumps 25% as Football Club Triumphs Over Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain's fan token is one of several issued for sports clubs by the crypto company Socios.
Paris Saint-Germain stadium (Tim Lontano/Unsplash)
By Danny Nelson
Apr 16, 2024 at 9:22 p.m. UTC
Apr 16, 2024
SociosFootballSportsPSGBarcelona
DRIFT is airdropping over 100 million tokens. (Drift Protocol)
Technology
Solana
Solana DEX Drift to Airdrop 100M Tokens in Weeks
Some surprise winners in Drift's road to decentralization include MetaDAO.
DRIFT is airdropping over 100 million tokens. (Drift Protocol)
By Danny Nelson
Apr 16, 2024 at 11:52 a.m. UTC
Apr 16, 2024
SolanaDEXTrading
Avi Eisenberg is accused of fraudulent trading on Mango Markets ((Deon Black, Unsplash)
Policy
Mango markets
Avi Eisenberg May Testify in $110M Crypto Fraud Trial, Defense Says
The crypto trader is facing up to 20 years in jail if convicted on all counts.
Avi Eisenberg is accused of fraudulent trading on Mango Markets ((Deon Black, Unsplash)
By Danny Nelson
Apr 11, 2024 at 7:14 p.m. UTC
Apr 11, 2024
Mango Markets
marginFi banner (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Finance
Solana
Chaos at MarginFi Shakes up Solana DeFi's Borrow-and-Lend Landscape
Solend and Kamino were the biggest winners in the Solana DeFi landscape.
marginFi banner (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
By Danny Nelson
Apr 11, 2024 at 6:03 p.m. UTC
Apr 11, 2024
SolanaDeFiLendingKamino
(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Technology
Solana
MarginFi Leader Resigns on Fiery Day for Major Solana Lender
"The main problem was our lack of organizational execution," MarginFi's longtime leader Edgar Pavlovsky told CoinDesk.
(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
By Danny Nelson
Apr 11, 2024 at 4:37 a.m. UTC
Apr 11, 2024
SolanaDeFiResignationsLending
Binance Chief Compliance Officer Noah Perlman (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
Policy
Regulations
Binance 'Working Collaboratively' With Nigerian Government to Free Detained Executive, Compliance Chief Says
Tigran Gambaryan was detained in February.
Binance Chief Compliance Officer Noah Perlman (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
By Danny Nelson
Apr 10, 2024 at 3:55 p.m. UTC
Apr 10, 2024
RegulationsBinanceNigeriaTigran GambaryanNoah-Perlman
Arbitrage opportunities opened up the funding gates for Stream Trading. (Alexander Grey/Unsplash)
Finance
Seed funding
Crypto Derivatives Exchange Stream Trading Raises $1.5M in Seed Funding
The funding round values the company at $20 million.
Arbitrage opportunities opened up the funding gates for Stream Trading. (Alexander Grey/Unsplash)
By Danny Nelson
Apr 10, 2024 at 3:44 p.m. UTC
Apr 10, 2024
seed fundingArbitrageExchangesDerivatives
Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@alschim?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Alexander Schimmeck</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/yellow-and-red-fruit-lot-vTXtQ8ZBzvY?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Unsplash</a>
Policy
DeFi Trader Eisenberg 'Wasn't Borrowing, He Was Stealing,' Prosecutor Says in Opening Argument
The defense countered that Eisenberg "risked 13 million of his own dollars" to net $110 million from Mango Markets.
Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@alschim?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Alexander Schimmeck</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/yellow-and-red-fruit-lot-vTXtQ8ZBzvY?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Unsplash</a>
By Danny Nelson
Apr 9, 2024 at 4:52 p.m. UTC
Apr 9, 2024
Token Relations aims to supplant the one-to-many communications model exemplified by X. (Nathan Dumlao/Unsplash)
Finance
Pompliano, Ex-Journo Melinek Spin Up 'Token Relations' Startup for Blockchain Firms
The media startup will offer a "third bucket" of information to crypto startups' stakeholders.
Token Relations aims to supplant the one-to-many communications model exemplified by X. (Nathan Dumlao/Unsplash)
By Danny Nelson
Apr 9, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 9, 2024