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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Finance

Messaging Platform Telegram Has Issued $270M in Bonds to Fund Growth

"I personally bought about a quarter of the new Telegram bonds," said Pavel Durov, the CEO of the popular but not-yet-profitable platform.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov (TechCrunch)

Policy

G20 Nations Welcome FSB's Tougher Crypto Rules, Says Presidency Holder India

On Monday, international standard-setter FSB called for tougher rules on safeguarding crypto clients’ assets.

(L-R) Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in Washington DC in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)

Policy

SEC's Gensler 'Disappointed' by Part of Ripple's XRP Judgement, Still Assessing Opinion

Ripple scored a partial victory in its fight with the SEC last week with a court ruling that institutional sales of the tokens violated federal securities laws, but sales on exchanges and programmatic sales did not.

SEC Chair Gensler (Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

Policy

Gensler de la SEC « déçu » par une partie du jugement XRP de Ripple, évaluant toujours son opinion

Ripple a remporté une victoire partielle dans son combat avec la SEC la semaine dernière avec une décision de justice selon laquelle les ventes institutionnelles de jetons violaient les lois fédérales sur les valeurs mobilières, mais pas les ventes en bourse et les ventes programmatiques.

SEC Chair Gensler (Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

Policy

Gensler della SEC è deluso da parte della sentenza XRP di Ripple, sta ancora valutando l'opinione

Ripple ha ottenuto una vittoria parziale nella sua lotta con la SEC la scorsa settimana con una sentenza del tribunale secondo cui le vendite istituzionali dei token violavano le leggi federali sui titoli, ma le vendite sugli scambi e le vendite programmatiche no.

SEC Chair Gensler (Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

Policy

Gensler da SEC 'desapontado' com parte do julgamento de XRP da Ripple, ainda avaliando opinião

A Ripple obteve uma vitória parcial em sua briga com a SEC na semana passada, com uma decisão judicial de que as vendas institucionais dos tokens violavam as leis federais de valores mobiliários, mas as vendas em bolsas e as vendas programáticas não.

SEC Chair Gensler (Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

Policy

Gensler de la SEC 'decepcionado' por parte del juicio XRP de Ripple, aún evaluando la opinión

Ripple obtuvo una victoria parcial en su lucha con la SEC la semana pasada con un fallo judicial de que las ventas institucionales de los tokens violaban las leyes federales de valores, pero no las ventas en bolsas y las ventas programáticas.

SEC Chair Gensler (Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

Policy

'Nadismaya' ang Gensler ng SEC sa Bahagi ng XRP Judgement ng Ripple, Sinusuri Pa rin ang Opinyon

Ang Ripple ay nakakuha ng bahagyang tagumpay sa pakikipaglaban nito sa SEC noong nakaraang linggo na may desisyon ng korte na ang mga institusyonal na pagbebenta ng mga token ay lumabag sa mga batas ng pederal na securities, ngunit ang mga benta sa mga palitan at programmatic na pagbebenta ay hindi.

SEC Chair Gensler (Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

Finance

Coinbase to Pause Staking in California, New Jersey, South Carolina and Wisconsin

The SEC filed a lawsuit last month against the crypto exchange alleging that its retail staking service constitute securities.

Coinbase's Base blockchain has gone live (Chesnot/Getty Images)

Policy

Coinbase, SEC Spar Over Definition of Securities, Nature of Staking in First Court Hearing

U.S. Judge Katherine Polk Faila questioned both sides on a range of topics in a Manhattan courthouse on Thursday.

The Southern District of New York's courthouse (elbud / Shutterstock)