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.

Latest from Nelson Wang

Policy

Commerce Dept. Asks for Public Comments on Framework for US Crypto Competitiveness

The request is in response to President Biden’s executive order in March asking for agencies to coordinate their approach to digital assets.

May 19, 2022

Finance

Stronghold Digital Beats Q1 Revenue Estimates, Misses on Earnings

Shares of the bitcoin miner that uses waste coal for energy fell slightly in after-hours trading.

May 16, 2022

Policy

US Agencies Warn of Attempts by North Koreans to Get IT Jobs While Concealing Nationality

In many cases, these workers say they are U.S.-based and not North Korean teleworkers, and they often take on virtual currency projects.

May 16, 2022

North Korea's flag painted on a wall (Shutterstock)

Finance

Ex-BitMEX CEO Hayes Asks for No Jail Time, Ability to Travel Freely: Report

Lawyers for Arthur Hayes argued he was unlikely to be a repeat offender and included a letter of support from his mother.

May 5, 2022

Finance

MicroStrategy Reports $170M Impairment Charge on Bitcoin Holdings in Q1

The software firm owns 129,218 bitcoins valued at just under $5 billion.

May 3, 2022

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor (MicroStrategy via Flickr)

Finance

Meta Platforms' 'Metaverse' Division Loses $3B in 1Q

Facebook's parent company reported revenue of $695 million for the division, which beat analysts' expectations.

Apr 27, 2022

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during testimony about the Libra digital currency project before the House Financial Services Committee on October 23, 2019.

Finance

Robinhood Cuts 9% of Workforce as ‘Hyper Growth’ Slows

CEO Vlad Tenev said the platform’s rapid growth in 2020 and 2021 led to duplication of roles and functions.

Apr 26, 2022

Finance

Reggie Fowler Pleads Guilty in Crypto Capital Corp. Case Tied to Bitfinex's Missing Millions

The former football player was initially indicted on charges of banking fraud in 2019 and additional charges in 2020.

Apr 25, 2022

Reggie Fowler in happier times, on the sidelines of a January 1, 2006 matchup between the Minnesoat Vikings and Chicago Bears at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. Fowler now faces decades in prison for his role in the shadow bank Crypto Capital. (Mark Brettingen/Getty Images)

Finance

Tesla’s Bitcoin Holdings Unchanged in Q1

The electric car maker hasn’t bought or sold any of the bitcoin held on its balance sheet for the past four quarters.

Apr 20, 2022

Policy

US Government Warns of North Korean Crypto Attacks After Tying Nation to $625M Hack

The government said it had observed North Korean cyber actors targeting a wide range of crypto and blockchain companies, including exchanges, DeFi protocols and play-to-earn games.

Apr 18, 2022

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