Nelson Wang

U.S. News Editor, East Coast

Nelson edits features and opinion stories and was previously CoinDesk’s U.S. News Editor for the East Coast. He has also been an editor at Unchained and DL News, and prior to working at CoinDesk, he was the technology stocks editor and consumer stocks editor at TheStreet. He has also held editing positions at Yahoo.com and Condé Nast Portfolio’s website, and was the content director for aMedia, an Asian American media company. Nelson grew up on Long Island, New York and went to Harvard College, earning a degree in Social Studies. He holds BTC, ETH and SOL above CoinDesk’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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More Tokenized Treasuries Arrive on Polygon as Digital Bond Market Expands

Ondo’s OUSG token, one of the largest on-chain tokenized Treasury products, has accrued $134 million of assets under management on Ethereum.

Jul 13, 2023

U.S. Treasury Department seal (Bill Perry/Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)

Google Play Changes Policy on Tokenized Digital Assets, Allowing NFTs in Apps and Games

The company is opening up the ability for developers to let users buy, sell or earn digital assets in apps as long as they maintain transparency and adhere to other rules.

Jul 12, 2023

Google Play (Victoria_Regen/Pixabay)

Silk Road–Linked Bitcoin Worth $300M Moved by U.S. Government: On-Chain Data

The U.S. government previously sold 9,861 bitcoin for $216 million in March.

Jul 12, 2023

U.S. government moves bitcoin (Blockchain.com)

Coinbase Knew It May Have Been Violating the Law Prior to the SEC's Lawsuit, Regulator Claims

The SEC pushed back against a previous Coinbase filing which argued that the regulator did not have sufficient jurisdiction to bring a lawsuit.

Jul 7, 2023

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

Top Binance Execs Leave Company Over CZ’s Handling of DOJ Investigation: Report

Three senior officials left the exchange this week, a source told Fortune.

Jul 6, 2023

Binance's Changpeng "CZ" Zhao

Taylor Swift Approved Sponsorship Deal With FTX, Despite Previous Reports: NYT

Swift signed the sponsorship agreement worth as much as $100 million following more than six months of discussions.

Jul 6, 2023

Taylor Swift performs onstage during at Paycor Stadium on June 30, 2023 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Getty Images)

Former FTX.US President’s New Venture Is Seeking to Harness AI for Crypto Trading

Brett Harrison’s new firm, Architect, aims to be an one-stop platform for institutional-grade crypto trading.

Jul 5, 2023

Brett Harrison (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Crypto Miner Hive Blockchain Touts Privacy of AI Models Running on Its GPUs

Hive wants to provide enterprise training in its fleet of GPUs as part of its pivot to artificial intelligence.

Jun 30, 2023

(Sandali Handagama)

Sudden Crypto Volatility Spurs $216M in Losses, Liquidating Both Long and Short Positions

Cryptocurrency prices rose early Friday but then dropped sharply following a report that the SEC had deemed recent spot BTC filings inadequate.

Jun 30, 2023

Crypto liquidations (CoinGlass)

OKX Overcomes FTX-Related Concerns Around Crypto Industry in $70M Expansion of Man City Sponsorship

Manchester City and OKX's other partners have been auditing the exchange's proof of reserves to make sure it won't go the same way as FTX.

Jun 30, 2023

Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (Marvin Ibo Guengoer - GES Sportfoto/Getty Images)

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