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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Tech

Erik Voorhees: Merging Crypto and AI

The founder of DEX ShapeShift has launched a new AI platform that’s meant to be a safer and more neutral alternative to ChatGPT and Claude.

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Tech

Eric Wall, Udi Wertheimer and Francisco Alarcon: Upgrading Bitcoin With Covenants

The founders of the popular Taproot Wizards JPEGs want to do more now to “make bitcoin magical again.”

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Tech

Steve Yun: Driving Web3 Adoption Via Telegram

The president of the TON Foundation has millions tapping their phones to earn crypto.

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Tech

David Tse: Bringing Staking to Bitcoin

It’s been a banner year for Babylon, the staking protocol co-founded by Tse.

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Policy

Cynthia Lummis: Laser-Eyed Lawmaker

The Wyoming senator has been a major crypto supporter since joining Congress in 2021. Now she’s the leading advocate for creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

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Tech

Ray Chan: Bridging Web2 and Web3 With Memes

The CEO of Memeland turned memes into cultural currency with 9GAG. Now, he's using crypto to transform them into tools for engagement and community.

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Finance

Adam Sullivan: The Man Who Made Mining Sexy Again

Core Scientific’s CEO pioneered the highly lucrative move by bitcoin miners into AI computation work.

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Policy

Matthew Long: The UK’s Crypto Gatekeeper

Under Long, the Financial Conduct Authority has been slow to approve crypto firms operating in the UK. Impending new rules may change that, however.

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Finance

Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart: The Bloomberg ETF Bros

The two analysts had their fingers on the pulse of one of crypto’s biggest financial stories of 2024.

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Tech

Sergio Demian Lerner: Making Bitcoin More Programmable

The founder of Rootstock is working to create a framework for running programs on Bitcoin and enabling the development of more sidechains and Layer 2s.

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