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

Finance

Associated Press Launching NFT Marketplace for Its Photographs

The marketplace will be built by blockchain technology firm Xooa, with NFTs to be minted on the Polygon blockchain.

Jan 10, 2022

The Associated Press will call some 7,000 races in the 2020 elections. Everipedia will record these calls on its network.

Finance

Billionaire Investor Bill Miller Now Has 50% of His Personal Wealth in Bitcoin

The famed fund manager had invested heavily in bitcoin in his funds before.

Jan 10, 2022

Bill Miller, chairman and chief investment officer of Legg Mason Inc., speaks at the Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Friday, June 25, 2010. Miller said the U.S. stock market, which has dropped 12 percent from its April high on concerns Europe's debt crisis may spread, will rise after the region's banks complete stress tests. Photographer: Tim Boyle/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Policy

SEC Delays Decision on NYDIG’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Proposal

The commission now has until March 16 to approve or disapprove NYDIG’s proposal.

Jan 4, 2022

Finance

Bitfarms and Marathon Digital Both Mined Over 3K BTC in 2021

The two publicly traded miners also held onto almost all the bitcoin they mined.

Jan 3, 2022

A technician monitors cryptocurrency mining rigs at a Bitfarms facility in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec.

Policy

Iran Banning Crypto Mining Until March 6 to Save Power: Report

It’s the second time this year Iran has taken such measures to reduce the strain on the country’s power grid.

Dec 28, 2021

What Iran’s Internet Censorship Bill Means for Crypto

Finance

Robinhood Adds Crypto Gifting Feature

The trading app is letting customers send as little as $1 of one of seven cryptocurrencies.

Dec 16, 2021

Robinhood is rolling out crypto gifting. (Robinhood)

Finance

Robinhood Working on New Crypto Gifting Feature: Report

The feature would allow users to send crypto to other users as a gift, according to Bloomberg.

Dec 13, 2021

Robinhood shares could benefit from SEC dropping Coinbase case. (Shutterstock)

Finance

BadgerDAO Reveals Details of How It Was Hacked for $120M

The DeFi platform said an application platform that runs on its cloud network was the vector for the attack.

Dec 10, 2021

Japanese Exchange Liquid Global Hacked, $90M in Crypto Potentially Stolen

Finance

Square Releases White Paper Detailing Protocol for a Decentralized Bitcoin Exchange

The white paper from Square’s new TBD division describes a protocol for exchanging digital and other assets in a way that’s more accessible to everyone.

Nov 19, 2021

Policy

President Biden Signs Infrastructure Bill Containing Crypto Broker Reporting Requirement Into Law

Sen. Cynthia Lummis and others are now attempting to narrow the scope of the law’s crypto broker clause with a separate bill.

Nov 16, 2021

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