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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Policy

Congressmen McHenry, Thompson Call SEC Chair Gensler’s Remarks on Crypto ‘Concerning’

The two congressmen wrote that rather than potentially regulating innovation and job creation out of the U.S., lawmakers and regulators should “promote an active dialogue between regulators and market participants.”

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.)

Finance

Marathon Digital Shares Rise as Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates

The bitcoin miner's stock has more than tripled this year.

Máquinas de minería de bitcoin

Finance

Jamaica’s Central Bank Mints Country’s First Batch of CBDCs

The pilot program was originally supposed to launch in May, but was delayed for unspecified reasons.

Jamaica has issued its first CBDC.

Markets

Fidelity Takes 7.4% Stake in Marathon Digital

The investment reflects growing institutional and individual interest in investing in crypto-related companies.

Pedestrians pass a Fidelity Investments office in Boston, Ma

Markets

Oscar Mayer Auctioning Off Single Pack of ‘Hot Doge Wieners' Worth 20,000 Dogecoins

Bidding for the single pack on eBay ended abruptly on Wednesday before resuming again the next day.

Oscar Mayer's exclusive pack of "Hot Doge Wieners"

Finance

Arca Launches Actively Managed ‘Digital Yield’ Fund

The fund is targeting effective yields in the low double digits.

Arca CEO Rayne Steinberg

Finance

MicroStrategy CEO Likens Borrowing to Buy Bitcoin to Investing Early in Facebook

Michael Saylor defended his company’s debt-fueled, bitcoin buying spree over the last year by saying it continued to be a great investment.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor

Markets

Robinhood Falls in Trading Debut

Shares of the popular zero-commission trading app opened down as much as 10% on Thursday before closing the day down 8.4%.

Robinhood

Markets

BlockFi Gets More Time From NJ Regulators Before New Interest Accounts Are Banned

An order by the New Jersey Bureau of Securities had already been delayed once.

BlockFi app

Tech

Shopify to Allow Merchants to Sell NFTs Directly Through Their Stores

One of the first Shopify merchants to offer NFTs will be the NBA’s Chicago Bulls.

Shopify President Harley Finkelstein