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

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Crypto Exchange Gemini Cutting Another 10% of Staff: Report

Gemini has been swept up in the problems of crypto lender Genesis Global Capital, with which it partnered on an interest-earning product.

2023年1月23日

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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New FTX Head Says Crypto Exchange Could Be Revived: Wall Street Journal

John J. Ray III made the comment in his first interview since taking over FTX in November.

2023年1月19日

FTX CEO John Ray III testifies in the U.S. House Financial Services Committee about the company's collapse. (U.S. House Financial Services Committee)

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Crypto Brokerage Genesis Global Capital May Be Nearing Bankruptcy Filing: Reports

The collapse of FTX in late 2022 may have been the final straw for Genesis, which earlier that year reportedly suffered losses of several hundred million dollars due to its exposure to failed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital.

2023年1月18日

(Genesis Trading, modificado por CoinDesk)

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Justice Department Announces Major International Crypto Enforcement Action

The department held a press conference at noon Eastern time on Wednesday.

2023年1月18日

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FTX Debtors Give Details on Digital Assets Identified So Far

The FTX Debtors group has identified $1.6 billion of digital assets associated with FTX.com and $181 million connected to FTX US.

2023年1月17日

John Ray, FTX CEO (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

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

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

2023年1月17日

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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.)

2023年1月12日

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.

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

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

2023年1月12日

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Sam Bankman-Fried publica un nuevo posteo y niega haber robado fondos de FTX

El ex CEO de FTX culpó al desplome del mercado de criptomonedas, a la escasa cobertura de Alameda y a un “ataque dirigido” de Binance por el colapso del exchange.

2023年1月12日

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

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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.

2023年1月12日

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