Nelson Wang

Nelson Wang

Nelson is CoinDesk’s U.S. News Editor for the East Coast. He previously served as the technology stocks editor and consumer stocks editor at TheStreet, and prior to that was the business and personal finance editor for Yahoo.com. He has also held editing positions at 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 and ETH above CoinDesk’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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Jamaica’s Central Bank Mints Country’s First Batch of CBDCs
The pilot program was originally supposed to launch in May, but was delayed for unspecified reasons.
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Fidelity Takes 7.4% Stake in Marathon Digital
The investment reflects growing institutional and individual interest in investing in crypto-related companies.
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Oscar Mayer Auctioning Off Single Pack of ‘Hot Doge Wieners' Worth 20,000 Dogecoins
Bidding for the single pack on eBay ended abruptly on Wednesday before resuming again the next day.
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Arca Launches Actively Managed ‘Digital Yield’ Fund
The fund is targeting low double-digit effective yields.
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MicroStrategy CEO Likens Borrowing to Buy Bitcoin to Investing Early in Facebook
Michael Saylor defended his company’s debt-fueled, bitcoin buying spree over the last year by saying it continued to be a great investment.
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Robinhood Falls in Trading Debut
Shares of the popular zero-commission trading app opened down as much as 10% on Thursday before closing the day down 8.4%.
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BlockFi Gets More Time From NJ Regulators Before New Interest Accounts Are Banned
An order by the New Jersey Bureau of Securities had already been delayed once.
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Shopify to Allow Merchants to Sell NFTs Directly Through Their Stores
One of the first Shopify merchants to offer NFTs will be the NBA’s Chicago Bulls.
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IRS Tweaks Crypto Question Language on 2021 1040 Draft Form
The revised question asking taxpayers about crypto assets is much simpler and clearer.
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Ex-CFPB director Kathy Kraninger will become Solidus Labs' head of regulatory affairs. -11
Solidus Hires Ex-Head of CFPB to Be Top Regulatory Official
The addition of Kathy Kraninger is the latest hiring of a former Trump official by a cryptocurrency company.
Ex-CFPB director Kathy Kraninger will become Solidus Labs' head of regulatory affairs. -11