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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Политика

Sen. Toomey Sounds Warning About China’s Digital Yuan as Olympics Start

The country is using the Winter Olympics in Beijing as an international test of its central bank digital currency (CBDC).

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.)

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Meta Reports Loss of $10.2B on Augmented/Virtual Reality Operations in 2021

The company formerly known as Facebook also reported 2021 revenue of $2.3 billion from the newly broken out division.

MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 28: A pedestrian walks in front of a new logo and the name 'Meta' on the sign in front of Facebook headquarters on October 28, 2021 in Menlo Park, California. A new name and logo were unveiled at Facebook headquarters after a much anticipated name change for the social media platform. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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PayPal Shares Slump as Revenue Growth Slows

The payment giant’s quarterly revenue increased 13% in the fourth quarter, down from a 25% increase a year ago.

(Getty Images)

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Provision in House Bill Allowing Treasury Secretary to Block International Crypto Transactions to Be Removed

An agreement has been reached between the congressman who introduced the provision and an industry think tank that lobbied against it.

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) is chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, which is holding a hearing on domestic terrorism financing on Thursday.

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Google Cloud Hiring Team of Blockchain Experts

The cloud giant is looking at services it can offer directly to blockchain developers.

Google Cloud logo

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Tesla Reports Bitcoin Holdings Unchanged in Q4

The electric car maker did not buy or sell any of the bitcoin held on its balance sheet, nor did it record any impairments.

(Getty Images)

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IMF Urges El Salvador to Discontinue Bitcoin’s Legal Tender Status

The global financial institution said BTC's use as legal tender poses risks to the country's financial stability, integrity and consumer protection.

El Salvador flag (Getty Images)

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Crypto.com CEO Acknowledges 400 Customer Accounts Were Hacked

Kris Marszalek said all of the affected accounts were reimbursed.

Kris Marszalek, co-founder and CEO of Crypto.com. Image courtesy of the firm

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Crypto Job Postings Jumped 395% in 2021: LinkedIn

The top cities for listings were San Francisco, Austin, New York City, Miami and Denver.

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Parler Launches ‘Trump Legacy’ NFT Collection

The move follows an announcement last month by former First Lady Melania Trump that she would be releasing her own NFT collection.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally on July 24, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)