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.

Nelson Wang

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Finance

DeFi Platform EigenLayer Rolls Out Restaking Protocol on Ethereum Mainnet

EigenLayer's developers raised $64.5 million in a series of investment rounds.

(Mohan Murugesan/Unsplash)

Juridique

U.S. Judge Rebuffs SEC Request for Binance.US Asset Freeze for Now

The federal judge ordered the Securities and Exchange Commission and Binance lawyers to keep negotiating about limits on the company, reporting back to her by Thursday.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Juridique

U.S. Treasury Examining How Using Digital Dollars Could Be Kept Private

As the Treasury Department studies a possible central bank digital currency, senior official Graham Steele says the effort is looking at privacy, but is also wary of CBDC run risks.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Marchés

Bitcoin Miners Transfer $174M Worth of Coins to Exchanges in Two Weeks

The 14-day average of miner transfers to exchanges has increased sharply to 489.26 BTC, the highest since March 2021, according to Glassnode.

Bitcoin miners (Shutterstock)

Finance

Polygon Takes Wraps Off Version 2.0

The protocol calls its latest version “the value layer of the Internet.”

Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Halving Is Coming and Only the Most Efficient Miners Will Survive

Only the miners with the lowest energy costs and most efficient equipment will survive the once-every-four-years event.

Bitcoin miners at work (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Marchés

Coinbase Shares Drop 10% Following SEC’s Suit Against Binance

Bitcoin (BTC) dropped below the $26,000 mark, while the shares of bitcoin mining stocks fell as well.

Coinbase share price (TradingView)

Finance

Virtual Reality Tokens Surge 8% as Traders Await Apple's VR Headset Release

The metaverse market is bouncing back ahead of Apple's release as trading volume on related tokens spikes to $905 million.

Apple to release VR headset on Monday (Lauren Heymann/Unsplash)

Marchés

Why Did Bitcoin’s Price Rise? BTC Hovers Over $27K as Investors Shrug Off Hot Jobs Data

Ether and other major cryptos spent much of the day in positive territory.

Bitcoin daily chart (CoinDesk Market Index)

Finance

Justin Sun Predicts Huobi May Get Hong Kong License in 6 to 12 Months

He says other exchanges, including OKX, Gate.io, Bitget and ByBit might also apply for a license.

Justin Sun (CoinDeskTV)