Nelson Wang

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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Policy

Election Betting Site PredictIt Sues to Block CFTC-Ordered Shutdown

The CFTC’s August action calls for the site to be closed for U.S. users by February 15.

PredictIt, which allows traders to wager on the outcome of political events, has been ordered by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to shut down U.S. activity in six months. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Fidelity Considering Offering Crypto Trading to Brokerage Customers: Report

Fidelity has more than 34.4 million individual brokerage accounts, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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Finance

MicroStrategy Files to Sell Up to $500M of Stock to Fund Bitcoin Purchases

The deal is a sign Executive Chairman Michael Saylor isn't backing off his audacious plan to turn his software developer into a bitcoin proxy.

MicroStrategy Executive Director Michael Saylor speaks at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Policy

Russia Exploring Stablecoin Settlements With Friendly Nations: Report

President Vladimir Putin had signed a law banning digital payments earlier this summer.

The State Duma, the Parliament building of the Russian Federation (Getty Images)

Tech

Blockchain Cardano’s Vasil Upgrade Confirmed for Sept. 22

The hard fork had initially been scheduled for a June release.

Cardano at Consensus 2022 in Austin, Texas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

FASB Crypto Accounting Review Won’t Include NFTs, Certain Stablecoins: Report

The accounting standards body outlined its criteria for crypto assets that would be covered by a forthcoming rule regarding companies and their digital assets.

FASB described which crypto assets would be included in a forthcoming accounting rule. (Getty Images)

Policy

Bitcoin Maximalist Michael Saylor Sued for Tax Fraud by DC

The attorney general’s office is also suing the business software company for allegedly helping him evade taxes on his earnings in the district.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bond Delays Continue; Investor Interest Wanes: Report

The chief technology officer at Bitfinex and Tether said he hopes the bond can still be rolled out this year, despite a plunging bitcoin price.

El lanzamiento de los bonos bitcoin de El Salvador continúa demorado. (Esaú González, Unsplash)

Policy

Court Rejects Central African Republic’s Plan to Offer Citizenship for Crypto Investment: Report

The country wanted to offer citizenship and other benefits in exchange for investing $60,000 in its sango coin.

Central African Republic flag (jorono/ Pixabay)

Finance

FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Denies Crypto Exchange Is Planning to Acquire Huobi

Huobi’s native token HT declined about 6% following Bankman-Fried’s tweet.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and Lauren Remington Platt (FTX)