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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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)

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Associated Press Launching NFT Marketplace for Its Photographs

The marketplace will be built by blockchain technology firm Xooa, with NFTs to be minted on the Polygon blockchain.

The Associated Press will call some 7,000 races in the 2020 elections. Everipedia will record these calls on its network.

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Billionaire Investor Bill Miller Now Has 50% of His Personal Wealth in Bitcoin

The famed fund manager had invested heavily in bitcoin in his funds before.

Bill Miller, chairman and chief investment officer of Legg Mason Inc., speaks at the Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Friday, June 25, 2010. Miller said the U.S. stock market, which has dropped 12 percent from its April high on concerns Europe's debt crisis may spread, will rise after the region's banks complete stress tests. Photographer: Tim Boyle/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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SEC Delays Decision on NYDIG’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Proposal

The commission now has until March 16 to approve or disapprove NYDIG’s proposal.

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Bitfarms and Marathon Digital Both Mined Over 3K BTC in 2021

The two publicly traded miners also held onto almost all the bitcoin they mined.

A technician monitors cryptocurrency mining rigs at a Bitfarms facility in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec.

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Iran Banning Crypto Mining Until March 6 to Save Power: Report

It’s the second time this year Iran has taken such measures to reduce the strain on the country’s power grid.

What Iran’s Internet Censorship Bill Means for Crypto

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Robinhood Adds Crypto Gifting Feature

The trading app is letting customers send as little as $1 of one of seven cryptocurrencies.

Robinhood is rolling out crypto gifting. (Robinhood)

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Robinhood Working on New Crypto Gifting Feature: Report

The feature would allow users to send crypto to other users as a gift, according to Bloomberg.

Robinhood shares could benefit from SEC dropping Coinbase case. (Shutterstock)

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BadgerDAO Reveals Details of How It Was Hacked for $120M

The DeFi platform said an application platform that runs on its cloud network was the vector for the attack.

Japanese Exchange Liquid Global Hacked, $90M in Crypto Potentially Stolen