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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Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou (Vivien Killilea/Getty Images)
Dapper Labs Laying Off Another 20% of Its Staff
The job cuts follow a previous 22% workforce reduction in November.
Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou (Vivien Killilea/Getty Images)
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Binance Shifts to ‘Semi-Automated’ Process to Manage Reserves of Tokens It Issues
Reserves for these tokens had previously been mixed with customer funds.
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Coinbase Q4 Revenue and Earnings Beat Expectations, but Transaction Volume Falls 12% From Q3
The crypto exchange reported its fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday after the close.
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Binance Considers Severing US Ties in Face of Crypto Crackdown: Bloomberg
The crypto exchange has been investigated by a host of U.S. regulators and government agencies.
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Terra co-founders Daniel Shin (left) and Do Kwon (Terraform Labs)
SEC Sues Terraform Labs, Do Kwon for Misleading Investors on TerraUSD Stablecoin
The collapse of TerraUSD last year led to a wave of bankruptcies in the crypto industry.
Terra co-founders Daniel Shin (left) and Do Kwon (Terraform Labs)
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CFTC Charges California Firm and CEO With Fraud, Misappropriation of Digital Assets
The commission alleges the defendants fraudulently solicited over $7 million worth of bitcoin and ether and misappropriated some of the funds in a Ponzi scheme.
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FDIC Tells Crypto Exchange CEX.IO to Stop Claiming US Dollars Held in Its Wallets Are Insured
The agency issued a cease-and-desist letter on Wednesday.
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Sam Bankman-Fried outside court on Feb. 9, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)
CFTC Case Against Sam Bankman-Fried Postponed Until After Criminal Trial
The request to stay the SEC’s civil case against Bankman-Fried is still pending.
Sam Bankman-Fried outside court on Feb. 9, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)
Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla (CoinDesk)
Paxos ‘Categorically Disagrees’ With SEC That BUSD Is a Security, Says It Will Litigate if Needed
The stablecoin issuer confirmed it has received a Wells Notice from the SEC, indicating a possible enforcement action is forthcoming.
Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla (CoinDesk)
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev (Getty Images)
Robinhood’s Crypto Revenue Declined 24% to $39M in Q4
The online trading broker overall missed both earnings and revenues estimates for the quarter.
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev (Getty Images)