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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CoinDesk Indices

How Crypto Is Making It Easy for Investors to Get Visas to Portugal

Portugal has turned itself into a hub for ultra high net worth individuals looking to establish residency outside their home countries, and a new crypto product makes doing that simpler than ever.

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Opinion

Why Trump’s Potential Plan to Make Crypto Gains Tax-Free Could Be a Bad Idea

The elimination of capital gains taxes on crypto might not be the huge boon to American investors that it would appear to be.

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Opinion

The U.S. War on Crypto Isn’t Over

The fact that the Trump administration has installed many crypto-friendly people in positions of power doesn’t mean that the industry will now get a free pass.

New York Attorney General Letitia James (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

CoinDesk Indices

In Defense of the ‘MSTR Premium’

The premium given to the company’s massive bitcoin holdings will exist as long as investors believe it will continue to increase the amount of its bitcoin held per share.

CoinDesk

CoinDesk Indices

A Smarter Way to Crypto Diversification?

Institutional investors are increasingly allocating to crypto, but the key question is whether to focus solely on bitcoin or diversify across multiple cryptocurrencies to optimize risk-adjusted returns and portfolio resilience.

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Opinion

The Future of Crypto Enforcement in the U.S.

The SEC won’t be giving up on enforcing crypto regulations, but what it focuses on will be different, writes a former head of the SEC’s crypto unit.

SEC

Opinion

5 New Trends in Generative AI That Web3 Needs to Be Ready For

As the transformative technology evolves, the opportunity for Web3 to play a significant role is growing rapidly.

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Tech

AI Is Here, but That Doesn’t Mean Bitcoin Miners Are Finished: Blockspace

Public bitcoin miners are rushing to build AI business lines, but there’s still room for their original mandate, says this investment bank analyst.

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Opinion

Why The SEC Needs to Allow Staking in Exchange-Traded Products

A bipartisan challenge to the SEC's exclusion of staking from ETPs is an essential step to maintaining America’s competitiveness in the digital asset markets. Test Translate

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Opinion

How Hong Kong Can Seize the Mantle as Asia’s Crypto Hub

Establishing the proper regulatory environment is essential; here’s what the territory needs to do.

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