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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Финансы

Ex-BitMEX CEO Hayes Asks for No Jail Time, Ability to Travel Freely: Report

Lawyers for Arthur Hayes argued he was unlikely to be a repeat offender and included a letter of support from his mother.

Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes

Финансы

MicroStrategy Reports $170M Impairment Charge on Bitcoin Holdings in Q1

The software firm owns 129,218 bitcoins valued at just under $5 billion.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor (MicroStrategy via Flickr)

Финансы

Meta Platforms' 'Metaverse' Division Loses $3B in 1Q

Facebook's parent company reported revenue of $695 million for the division, which beat analysts' expectations.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during testimony about the Libra digital currency project before the House Financial Services Committee on October 23, 2019.

Финансы

Robinhood Cuts 9% of Workforce as ‘Hyper Growth’ Slows

CEO Vlad Tenev said the platform’s rapid growth in 2020 and 2021 led to duplication of roles and functions.

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Reggie Fowler Pleads Guilty in Crypto Capital Corp. Case Tied to Bitfinex's Missing Millions

The former football player was initially indicted on charges of banking fraud in 2019 and additional charges in 2020.

Reggie Fowler in happier times, on the sidelines of a January 1, 2006 matchup between the Minnesoat Vikings and Chicago Bears at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. Fowler now faces decades in prison for his role in the shadow bank Crypto Capital. (Mark Brettingen/Getty Images)

Финансы

Tesla’s Bitcoin Holdings Unchanged in Q1

The electric car maker hasn’t bought or sold any of the bitcoin held on its balance sheet for the past four quarters.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Getty Images)

Политика

US Government Warns of North Korean Crypto Attacks After Tying Nation to $625M Hack

The government said it had observed North Korean cyber actors targeting a wide range of crypto and blockchain companies, including exchanges, DeFi protocols and play-to-earn games.

North Korea military parade

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Amazon Not Close to Accepting Crypto as Payment in Retail Business, CEO Says

Still, Andy Jassy said the company may sell NFTs in the future.

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Bitstamp to Offer White-Label Version of Its Crypto Trading Services in US

The long-running crypto exchange has been providing what it calls “Bitstamp-as-a-Service” to European financial institutions for several years.

The Bitstamp executive team (Bitstamp)

Финансы

Michael Saylor: Biden’s Executive Order Akin to POTUS Giving ‘Green Light to Bitcoin’

The longtime bitcoin maximalist was as optimistic as ever about the cryptocurrency in a conversation with Ark’s Cathie Wood at Bitcoin 2022 in Miami.

Michael Saylor and Cathie Wood speak at Bitcoin 2022 in Miami. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)