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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Regulación

Russia Exploring Stablecoin Settlements With Friendly Nations: Report

President Vladimir Putin had signed a law banning digital payments earlier this summer.

The State Duma, the Parliament building of the Russian Federation (Getty Images)

Tecnología

Blockchain Cardano’s Vasil Upgrade Confirmed for Sept. 22

The hard fork had initially been scheduled for a June release.

Cardano at Consensus 2022 in Austin, Texas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Regulación

FASB Crypto Accounting Review Won’t Include NFTs, Certain Stablecoins: Report

The accounting standards body outlined its criteria for crypto assets that would be covered by a forthcoming rule regarding companies and their digital assets.

FASB described which crypto assets would be included in a forthcoming accounting rule. (Getty Images)

Regulación

Bitcoin Maximalist Michael Saylor Sued for Tax Fraud by DC

The attorney general’s office is also suing the business software company for allegedly helping him evade taxes on his earnings in the district.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Mercados

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bond Delays Continue; Investor Interest Wanes: Report

The chief technology officer at Bitfinex and Tether said he hopes the bond can still be rolled out this year, despite a plunging bitcoin price.

El lanzamiento de los bonos bitcoin de El Salvador continúa demorado. (Esaú González, Unsplash)

Regulación

Court Rejects Central African Republic’s Plan to Offer Citizenship for Crypto Investment: Report

The country wanted to offer citizenship and other benefits in exchange for investing $60,000 in its sango coin.

Central African Republic flag (jorono/ Pixabay)

Finanzas

FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Denies Crypto Exchange Is Planning to Acquire Huobi

Huobi’s native token HT declined about 6% following Bankman-Fried’s tweet.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and Lauren Remington Platt (FTX)

Finanzas

Chipmaker Nvidia’s Crypto Mining Chip Revenue Continues to Fall

Sales of Nvidia’s cryptocurrency mining processor were deemed “nominal” for the second straight quarter.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (BagoGames/Flickr)

Finanzas

Co-CEO of Crypto Trading Firm Alameda Research Sam Trabucco Steps Down

Trabucco will stay on as an adviser, while Caroline Ellison will become the company’s sole CEO.

Former Alameda Research co-CEO, Sam Trabucco (Alameda Research)

Finanzas

Crypto Investment Firm Digital Currency Group Registers Executive as Lobbyist

The company's Grayscale unit has sued the SEC for rejecting its spot bitcoin ETF application.

Barry Silbert. CEO y fundador de Digital Currency Group.