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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Robinhood Board Authorizes Purchase of Shares Bought by FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried, Gary Wang
The online brokerage firm is planning to buy most or all of the 55 million shares previously owned by holding company Emergent Fidelity Technologies.
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Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton, modified by CoinDesk)
Sam Bankman-Fried Appeals Judge’s Decision to Reveal Names of His $250M Bond Backers
Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled early last week that the two currently unidentified people who co-signed the bond could be made public.
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton, modified by CoinDesk)
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
US Prosecutors Ask for Postponement of SEC, CFTC Cases Against Sam Bankman-Fried
The prosecutors are asking that the civil cases be put off until the criminal case against FTX’s founder is decided.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried  (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Sam Bankman-Fried Lawyer Says Agreement Has Been Reached on Use of Messaging Apps
The former CEO of FTX was previously barred form using any messaging apps.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried  (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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Silvergate Stock Tanks on Report of DOJ Probe Tied to FTX, Alameda Dealings
Shares of the crypto bank were falling almost 30% following the publication of a Bloomberg article Thursday.
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86% of Stablecoin Issuer Tether Was Controlled by 4 People as of 2018: WSJ
Documents reveal the previously unknown ownership structure of the secretive stablecoin issuer.
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Facebook Parent Meta’s Metaverse Division Lost $13.7B in 2022
The social media giant reported losing $4.3 billion in the division in the fourth quarter of 2022 on revenues of $727 million.
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)
Judge Dismisses Proposed Class-Action Lawsuit Alleging Coinbase Sold Unregistered Securities
The customers also accused Coinbase of failing to register as a broker-dealer.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)
Bitzlato has been charged with money laundering in a major international operation. (Getty Images)
Shuttered Crypto Exchange Bitzlato Says It Plans to Resume Operations: Report
The exchange has been charged by U.S. and European authorities with laundering $700 million in funds tied to Russian criminals.
Bitzlato has been charged with money laundering in a major international operation. (Getty Images)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is among the senators requesting more information from Silvergate Capital about FTX. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
US Senators Press Crypto Bank Silvergate on Ties to FTX: Bloomberg
The lawmakers said in a letter that Silvergate’s previous responses to queries were “evasive and incomplete.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is among the senators requesting more information from Silvergate Capital about FTX. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)