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

African Crypto Exchange VALR Raises $50M in Series B Led by Pantera Capital

Alameda Research and Coinbase Ventures were also investors in the round, which valued the company at $240 million.

Farzam Ehsani, CEO of VALR.com (VALR.com)

Finance

Singapore State Investment Fund Temasek Eliminates Position in Coinbase

The investment giant previously held about 8,168 shares in the U.S.-listed crypto exchange.

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 14: Monitors display Coinbase signage during the company's initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq market site April 14, 2021 in New York City. Coinbase Global Inc. is the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, debuting today through a rare direct listing.  (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Policy

US Treasury Suggests Miners Won’t Be Subject to IRS Reporting Rules

A letter from a Treasury official addresses crypto industry concerns about access to customer information.

(Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Former Attorney Pleads Guilty to Bitcoin Fraud That Bilked Investors Out of $5M

Philip Reichenthal and his co-conspirators persuaded their victims to send them millions of dollars to buy bitcoin and then just pocketed the money themselves.

justice, law, crime

Finance

FTX US to Offer Stock Trading Soon

The crypto exchange has begun signing up users for a wait list for its upcoming stock platform.

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Policy

Hungary’s Central Bank Head Calls on EU to Ban Crypto Mining and Trading

The governor of the Hungarian National Bank said he agreed with the Russian central bank’s earlier proposal to ban crypto activities.

Gyorgy Matolcsy, governor of Hungary's central bank, center, gestures as he speaks alongside Marton Nagy, deputy governor of Hungary's central bank, left, and Laszlo Windisch, deputy governor of Hungary's central bank, right, during an interest rates decision briefing at the Magyar Nemzeti Bank in Budapest, Hungary, on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Hungary's central bank took its first step to unwind monetary stimulus since 2011, the start of tightening by one of Europe's most enduring proponents of loose policy. Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Policy

New FDIC Acting Chair Says Evaluation of Crypto Risks Is a Top Priority for 2022

Martin Gruenberg said agencies like the FDIC need to provide “robust guidance” to the banking industry on how to manage the risks to consumers posed by crypto assets.

Acting FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

Sen. Toomey Sounds Warning About China’s Digital Yuan as Olympics Start

The country is using the Winter Olympics in Beijing as an international test of its central bank digital currency (CBDC).

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.)

Finance

Meta Reports Loss of $10.2B on Augmented/Virtual Reality Operations in 2021

The company formerly known as Facebook also reported 2021 revenue of $2.3 billion from the newly broken out division.

MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 28: A pedestrian walks in front of a new logo and the name 'Meta' on the sign in front of Facebook headquarters on October 28, 2021 in Menlo Park, California. A new name and logo were unveiled at Facebook headquarters after a much anticipated name change for the social media platform. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Finance

PayPal Shares Slump as Revenue Growth Slows

The payment giant’s quarterly revenue increased 13% in the fourth quarter, down from a 25% increase a year ago.

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