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

Robinhood’s Crypto Revenue Declined 12% to $51 Million in Q3

The popular no-fee trading app’s monthly average users fell to 12.1 million as customers navigated a “volatile market environment.”

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Finance

Binance CEO Zhao Considering Buying Banks: Report

Zhao wants his crypto exchange to become a bridge between traditional finance and crypto, according to a Bloomberg report.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (Binance)

Policy

White House Convenes Summit for Stopping the Spread of Ransomware

Among other moves, President Biden’s office plans to share information with partners about crypto wallets used for laundering extorted funds.

The White House South Lawn, Washington DC, America (Joe Daniel Price/Getty Images)

Finance

MicroStrategy Reported Impairment Charge of $727K on Bitcoin Holdings in Q3

The business software firm owns about 130,000 bitcoins worth approximately $2.7 billion on its balance sheet.

MicroStrategy Executive Director Michael Saylor speaks at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Finance

Facebook Parent Meta Misses Revenue Estimates for Metaverse Division in Q3, Expects Losses to Grow in 2023

Meta's revenue for the division came in at $285 million, down from $452 million in the second quarter.

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Platforms has joined an industry privacy group that includes many blockchain companies. (Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images)

Policy

Chinese 'Spies' Used Wasabi Wallet to Try to Conceal Bitcoin Bribes, Elliptic Says

Analysis by the crypto analytics firm showed that all the bitcoin bribes originated from the coin mixing wallet.

Guochun He, left, and Zheng Wang are accused of attempting to obstruct a U.S. investigation. (Justice Department)

Policy

After Celsius Customer Data Release, Bankruptcy Judge Agrees to Appoint Privacy Ombudsman

The move comes after court documents released in early October revealed the financial details of hundreds of thousands of Celsius’ customers.

Thermometer (Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Custodian Prime Trust Agrees to Return $17M in Tokens to Bankrupt Lender Celsius

The assets will be sent to a designated Celsius wallet, and will await court orders about how they should be distributed.

Tom Pageler CEO at Prime Trust (LinkedIn)

Finance

Crypto Predictions Site Polymarket Taking Bets on Whether Russia Will Use a Nuclear Weapon by 2023

Traders on Polymarket, which is not available to U.S. users, are putting a 6% probability of Russia doing so.

El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin. (DimitroSevastopol/Pixabay)

Finance

Tesla Made No Changes to Its Bitcoin Holdings in Third Quarter

The electric car company did not buy or sell any bitcoin in the quarter, after selling 75% of its holdings in the second quarter.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Christian Marquardt - Pool/Getty Images)