Danny Nelson is a crypto journalist who previously served as Managing Editor, Data & Tokens at CoinDesk. Danny Nelson's Twitter Score is 159 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #3,409 (top 1%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Danny Nelson formerly worked at CoinDesk, where his reported beats included federal policy, regulation, securities law, exchanges, and the Solana ecosystem. He was also formerly affiliated with Bullish, the institutionally focused global digital asset platform that owns CoinDesk. Danny Nelson is no longer listed on CoinDesk's current masthead, though his author page remains active on the site.
Danny Nelson has publicly disclosed holdings in BTC, ETH, and SOL tokens, as well as the LinksDAO NFT. Danny Nelson has accumulated 9,670 followers as of August 2026 across 4,147 posts. He has been mentioned by 155 accounts, with 1,772 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Danny Nelson include 430 founders, 131 angel investors, 207 influencers and 16 VCs, among them ZachXBT, Toly, Solana, Laura Shin, Stani and CoinDesk.