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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Opinion

How Wall Street’s Relationship With Bitcoin Will Transform in 2025: 5 Predictions

From MicroStrategy splitting its stock to major banks acquiring crypto firms, bitcoin is about to enter its “Wall Street” era.

Wall Street

Opinion

Telegram's Tap-to-Earn Games Will Drive Web3 Gaming's Success in 2025

If Web3 gaming is to reach its full potential as a catalyst for blockchain adoption, it needs to take a page from Telegram’s success.

(Hamster Combat)

Opinion

Staking Will Define Bitcoin's Role in the Global Digital Economy in 2025

As a significant third native use case for bitcoin, staking will increase bitcoin’s impact on the world's stage.

Staking crypto (Jay Radhakrishnan/Getty Images)

Opinion

How Web3 Consumer Apps Will Finally Break Out in 2025: 6 Predictions

Web3 gaming will lead a wave of popular consumer apps and is well positioned to transition from a niche experiment to an innovative force.

(Marko Geber/Getty Images)

Opinion

How Trump Can Help Crypto on Day One

A simple executive order issued on Jan. 20 would pave the way for the crypto sector’s resurgence in the U.S.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is the clear favorite among voters who own crypto, according to a new poll. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Tech

IIlia Polosukhin: A Crypto+AI Pioneer

The co-founder of NEAR is working to create a full ecosystem for decentralized AI.

(Pudgy Penguins)

Finance

Hunter Horsley and Matt Hougan: The Spot Crypto ETF Champions

The two Bitwise executives have worked tirelessly to get crypto exchange-traded funds approved by the SEC, and this year they finally succeeded.

A portrait of Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley (CoinDesk/Pudgy Penguins)

Finance

Fred Thiel: The Michael Saylor of the Bitcoin Mining Industry

The CEO of MARA Holdings has gone all-in on bitcoin, adding billions of dollars worth of the world’s largest cryptocurrency to MARA’s balance sheet.

(Pudgy Penguins)

Finance

Howard Lutnick: Tether’s Big Backer

The CEO of prominent bond broker Cantor Fitzgerald played a major role in validating Tether this year by vouching for its reserves.

A portrait of Cantor Fitzgerald's Howard Lutnick (CoinDesk/Pudgy Penguins)

Finance

Evan Cheng: The Architect of Sui's Object-Oriented Revolution

Sui is re-thinking what blockchains can be. And this year, many of Wall Street's largest institutions are taking note.

(Pudgy Penguins)