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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US Government Warns of North Korean Crypto Attacks After Tying Nation to $625M Hack

The government said it had observed North Korean cyber actors targeting a wide range of crypto and blockchain companies, including exchanges, DeFi protocols and play-to-earn games.

North Korea military parade

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Amazon no está cerca de aceptar cripto para pagos en comercios minoristas, según CEO

No obstante, el CEO de la compañía, Andy Jassy, dijo que la compañía podría vender NFTs en el futuro.

Sede regional de Amazon en Sunnyvale, California. (Colección Smith/Gado/Getty Images)

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Amazon Not Close to Accepting Crypto as Payment in Retail Business, CEO Says

Still, Andy Jassy said the company may sell NFTs in the future.

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Bitstamp to Offer White-Label Version of Its Crypto Trading Services in US

The long-running crypto exchange has been providing what it calls “Bitstamp-as-a-Service” to European financial institutions for several years.

The Bitstamp executive team (Bitstamp)

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Michael Saylor: Biden’s Executive Order Akin to POTUS Giving ‘Green Light to Bitcoin’

The longtime bitcoin maximalist was as optimistic as ever about the cryptocurrency in a conversation with Ark’s Cathie Wood at Bitcoin 2022 in Miami.

Michael Saylor and Cathie Wood speak at Bitcoin 2022 in Miami. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Tezos Deploys Major ‘Tenderbake’ Upgrade

The proof-of-stake blockchain has changed its consensus algorithm in order to lower block times and improve performance.

Tezos logo

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Axie Infinity Delays Launch of ‘Origin’ Game Following Massive Hack

The new “Axie Infinity: Origin” was originally supposed to debut on March 30.

Axie Infinity land

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Stronghold Digital's Stock Tanks as Q4 Results Miss Estimates

The bitcoin miner said it no longer believes its original target of 8.0 exahash per second in computing power by the end of 2022 is achievable.

Stronghold Digital Mining Raises $105M to Turn Waste Coal Into Bitcoin

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El Salvador Postpones Bitcoin Bond: Report

The country's finance minister said the offering may come as late as September, according to Reuters.

El Salvador flag (Getty Images)

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Mark Zuckerberg Says NFTs Are Coming Soon to Instagram

The Meta CEO’s comments at South by Southwest confirmed earlier reports that Instagram was preparing to make such a move.

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