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

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

What’s Better Than CEX? DEX

CoinDesk caught up with CoinGecko’s Bobby Ong to talk about all the good things — but mostly the bad things — about crypto’s centralized exchanges.

Feb 11, 2025

CoinGecko co-founder Bobby Ong speaks at Invest: Asia 2019 (Wolfie Zhao/CoinDesk)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Hong Kong’s Patient Approach to Regulating Crypto Will Pay Off: LegCo's Duncan Chiu

Devising clear rules for the industry is important, but it can also help to wait for others to move first, argues Chiu.

Feb 10, 2025

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Crypto and Boxing to Converge at Consensus HK in Lethal One-Two Combination

Attendees at this year’s conference will be able to experience a unique live event that’s tapping into a cultural moment.

Feb 6, 2025

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Crypto.com President Eric Anziani on the Exchange’s Ambitious Global Plans

The Singapore-based exchange has made a plethora of announcements regarding its plans for the E.U., the U.S. and Asia.

Feb 3, 2025

Coindesk News

Weekly Recap: Ripple Makes Waves and Stablecoins Surge

Plus: Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev calls for tokenized equity. Bitwise files for a dogecoin EFT. And SBF’s parents seek a presidential pardon.

Jan 31, 2025

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse. (Christopher Michel/Wikimedia Commons)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy Discusses the Future of Crypto Trading

The algorithmic trading firm’s founder opines on AI’s growing role, the differences between Asian and Western markets, and liquidity fragmentation.

Jan 31, 2025

Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Telecom’s Future Lies in Decentralized Networks

The financial and other advantages of decentralized network physical infrastructure networks (DePINs) like Helium are impossible for telecom firms to ignore.

Jan 30, 2025

Opinion

How AI Agents and Crypto Will Revolutionize Commerce

The synergy between AI and decentralized protocols will be central to the transformation of commerce, argues the founder of infrastructure firm Boson Protocol.

Jan 29, 2025

AI agent tokens has garnered significant mindshare among crypto traders, growing into a multibillion dollar asset class. (Getty Images/Unsplash)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Figment CEO Lorien Gabel’s Big Bet on Staking Has Paid Off

The staking provider’s co-founder and CEO discusses the evolution of staking and its growing adoption in Asia.

Jan 28, 2025

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

The Sandbox’s Sébastien Borget on the Future of Web3 Gaming

The co-founder of the popular metaverse platform discusses how Asia is driving the next wave of Web3 innovation.

Jan 28, 2025

Sandbox co-founder and COO Sebastien Borget

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