Nelson Wang

Nelson Wang

Nelson was CoinDesk’s U.S. News Editor for the East Coast. He previously served as the technology stocks editor and consumer stocks editor at TheStreet, and prior to that was the business and personal finance editor for Yahoo.com. He has also held editing positions at 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 and ETH above CoinDesk’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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A close-up of one of Riot's mining rigs. (Riot Blockchain)
Bitcoin Miner Riot Posts Mixed Q2 Earnings Report, Sees Growing Consolidation in Industry
Riot Platforms reported its second-quarter earnings after the close on Wednesday.
A close-up of one of Riot's mining rigs. (Riot Blockchain)
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) (Sarah Morris/Getty Images)
Congresswoman Maxine Waters Says She’s ‘Deeply Concerned’ About PayPal’s New Stablecoin
The top Democrat on the House Financial Service Committee said federal rules should be in place before a company the size of PayPal issues a stablecoin.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) (Sarah Morris/Getty Images)
Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel (CoinDesk TV)
Marathon Digital Misses Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
The bitcoin miner reported its second-quarter earnings after the close on Tuesday.
Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel (CoinDesk TV)
FTX Logo (Unsplash)
Former FTX Exec Ryan Salame Talking to Prosecutors About Plea Deal: Bloomberg
It was not known whether Salame would cooperate with prosecutors and testify against FTX co-founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.
FTX Logo (Unsplash)
Coinbase sign in Times Square, New York. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
Coinbase Beats Analyst Estimates for Q2, but Transaction Revenue Falls
The crypto exchange beat on both the top and bottom lines, but transaction revenue and total trading volume fell.
Coinbase sign in Times Square, New York. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
SEC seal (Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock)
SEC Charges 18 Utah Defendants in $50M Crypto Fraud Scheme
The defendants sold unregistered securities they called “node licenses” to unsuspecting investors, the SEC said.
SEC seal (Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock)
A Robinhood pop-up kiosk (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Robinhood Crypto Revenue Fell 18% Sequentially to $31M in Q2
In June, the trading platform ended support for all tokens named as securities in the SEC lawsuits against crypto exchanges Binance and Coinbase.
A Robinhood pop-up kiosk (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at Bitcoin 2021 in Miami (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
MicroStrategy Takes $24M Q2 Charge on Multibillion-Dollar Bitcoin Haul
The software firm reported its second-quarter earnings after the close on Tuesday.
MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at Bitcoin 2021 in Miami (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Sequoia tree at Sequoia National Park, California, USA (Getty Images)
Sequoia Capital Slashes Crypto Fund From $585M to $200M : WSJ
The vaunted VC firm told investors earlier in the year it would shrink the fund to reflect a changed market.
Sequoia tree at Sequoia National Park, California, USA (Getty Images)
Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Getty Images)
Tesla Didn’t Buy or Sell Any Bitcoin for Fourth Straight Quarter in Q2
The value of its bitcoin holdings remained at $184 million.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Getty Images)