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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Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Edith Yeung Sees Big Things to Come for Crypto in Hong Kong

A venture capitalist who was one of the first investors in Solana says building liquidity is now key to Hong Kong’s development as a crypto hub.

Edith Yeung

Opinion

Why a U.S. Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Is Critical to Fending Off China

China has been waging a decades-long war against the U.S.’s greatest asset — the dollar. A bitcoin reserve would go a long way toward regaining our influence.

Shanghai China

Opinion

Blockchain Fragmentation Is a Major Problem That Must Be Addressed in 2025

For true interoperability to exist, we have to take a step back and re-approach blockchain modularity from a fresh perspective.

Fragmentation

Opinion

Why 2025 Will See the Comeback of the ICO

Crypto's original killer use case was decentralized capital formation. In 2025 ICOs will make a major return, but this time with very different characteristics.

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Finance

Animoca Brands Founder Yat Siu's X Account Exploited to Promote Fake Token

The fake MOCA token on Solana exploited Animoca's links to Mocaverse and the Moca Network.

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Opinion

2025 Will Be the Year That AI Agents Transform Crypto

An AI agent helped drive a memecoin to a billion-dollar market cap this year, but the real crypto x AI innovations are coming in 2025.

AI agent tokens has garnered significant mindshare among crypto traders, growing into a multibillion dollar asset class. (Getty Images/Unsplash)

Opinion

What the Key Metrics for Onchain Activity Say About SOL, ETH and Other Chains in 2025

In a sea of noise, the real winners of Web3 will be those who turn raw on-chain data into actionable signals for sustainable growth.

(Getty Images)

Opinion

The Future Is AI-Centric, and Blockchains Need to Be as Well

For successful AI-blockchain integrations to become a reality, the infrastructure underpinning them needs a complete overhaul.

(Andriy Onufriyenko/GettyImages)

Opinion

How Aggregation and Decentralized AI Will Completely Reshape Blockchains in 2025

Transformative breakthroughs will finally enable blockchains to scale seamlessly and deliver on the promise of a fully connected “Internet of Value.”

(Mike Alonzo/ Unsplash)

Opinion

2025 Will Be the Year of Decentralization: 5 Predictions

Bitcoin and other decentralized technologies such as DePIN will really come into their own in 2025, forecasts the COO of Unstoppable Domains.

Crystal Ball, Prediction