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.

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Finance

Fidelity International-Backed Exchange OSL Cuts Workers Amid Crypto Winter: Bloomberg

Hugh Madden, CEO of OSL's parent company, cited current market conditions.

(CoinDesk)

Policy

US House Republicans to Set Up Crypto Committee to Oversee Shaky Industry: Report

The new subcommittee on digital assets, financial technology and inclusion will be chaired by Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.)

Rep. French Hill is co-sponsoring a piece of legislation that would ask the Treasury Department to evaluate the dollar's role in the global economy.

Finance

Canadian Crypto Exchanges Coinsquare, WonderFi in Advanced Talks to Merge: Bloomberg

The combination would create the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.

(Unsplash)

Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried Denies Stealing FTX Funds in New Online Post

The former FTX CEO blamed the exchange's collapse on the crypto market meltdown, Alameda’s poor hedging and a "targeted attack" by Binance.

El fundador de FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

Policy

Bipartisan Group of US Senators Calls for Independent Examiner to Investigate FTX

Four senators are urging the judge in the bankruptcy case to support a motion for to appoint an examiner.

Sam Bankman-Fried sale del tribunal federal en la ciudad de Nueva York. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

Finance

A Binance Stablecoin Wasn't Always Fully Backed: Bloomberg

The company acknowledged to Bloomberg that the process of maintaining the peg "has not always been flawless," but said the problem has now been fixed.

Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao (Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)

Policy

French Central Bank Head Wants Crypto Licensing Ahead of MiCA Standards: Bloomberg

The current turmoil in the crypto markets shows the need for such requirements as soon as possible, the banking chief said.

“We as central banks must and want to take up this call for innovation at a time when private initiatives" are accelerating, said Banque de France's Governor François Villeroy de Galhau (Image via Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Fanatics Selling Its 60% Stake in Sports NFT Firm Candy Digital: Report

The sports merchandiser is selling its interest to an investor group led by Michael Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital, according to CNBC.

Fanatics founder and Executive Chairman Michael Rubin (Leon Bennett/Getty Images)

Policy

SEC Files Limited Objection to Binance.US’ $1B Deal for Voyager Assets

The agency is asking for more details how the crypto exchange can afford such a large deal.

Comisión de Bolsa y Valores de Estados Unidos. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

CFIUS Plans to Review Any Deals Made By Bankrupt Crypto Lender Voyager

The review could impact the completion, timing and terms of any such deals, CFIUS said.

Las especulaciones recientes sobre el estado de Binance, el exchange de criptomonedas más importante del mundo, también golpearon la participación de mercado de su stablecoin. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)