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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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The Future Is AI-Centric, and Blockchains Need to Be as Well

For successful AI-blockchain integrations to become a reality, the infrastructure underpinning them needs a complete overhaul.

Dec 20, 2024

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Opinion

How Aggregation and Decentralized AI Will Completely Reshape Blockchains in 2025

Transformative breakthroughs will finally enable blockchains to scale seamlessly and deliver on the promise of a fully connected “Internet of Value.”

Dec 20, 2024

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Opinion

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Opinion

How Wall Street’s Relationship With Bitcoin Will Transform in 2025: 5 Predictions

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Dec 18, 2024

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Opinion

Telegram's Tap-to-Earn Games Will Drive Web3 Gaming's Success in 2025

If Web3 gaming is to reach its full potential as a catalyst for blockchain adoption, it needs to take a page from Telegram’s success.

Dec 17, 2024

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Staking Will Define Bitcoin's Role in the Global Digital Economy in 2025

As a significant third native use case for bitcoin, staking will increase bitcoin’s impact on the world's stage.

Dec 17, 2024

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Opinion

How Web3 Consumer Apps Will Finally Break Out in 2025: 6 Predictions

Web3 gaming will lead a wave of popular consumer apps and is well positioned to transition from a niche experiment to an innovative force.

Dec 16, 2024

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Opinion

How Trump Can Help Crypto on Day One

A simple executive order issued on Jan. 20 would pave the way for the crypto sector’s resurgence in the U.S.

Dec 16, 2024

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Tech

IIlia Polosukhin: A Crypto+AI Pioneer

The co-founder of NEAR is working to create a full ecosystem for decentralized AI.

Dec 10, 2024

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Finance

Hunter Horsley and Matt Hougan: The Spot Crypto ETF Champions

The two Bitwise executives have worked tirelessly to get crypto exchange-traded funds approved by the SEC, and this year they finally succeeded.

Dec 10, 2024

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