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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Finanza

NFT-Focused Topps Abandons Plan to Go Public in SPAC Merger

The longtime trading card company pulled out of its deal following the loss of its exclusive contract to make cards for Major League Baseball.

A promo image for Topps' MLB NFT play.

Finanza

Robinhood’s Revenue From Cryptocurrency Trading Jumps to 41% of Total

The popular zero-commission trading exchange warned in its second-quarter earnings report its reliance on cryptocurrency trading, and on dogecoin in particular, was a potential risk.

Robinhood

Mercati

Blockchain Identity Firm Civic Promotes Chris Hart to CEO

Vinny Lingham is stepping down from the role and will become executive chairman of the board.

Outgoing Civic CEO Vinny Lingham

Tecnologie

Facebook: Novi Digital Wallet Is ‘Ready to Come to Market’

Most states in the U.S. have approved the product.

David Marcus, the head of Facebook's blockchain projects.

Pubblicità

Finanza

Bitfarms Increases Revenue by Almost 400% in Q2

The crackdown on crypto mining in China has helped the results and outlook for the Canadian bitcoin mining firm.

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

Mercati

Poly Network Hack Not Over as Attacker Prolongs Return of Funds

The attacker now says they are considering accepting the $500,000 bounty offered by Poly Network as a reward for returning the funds, and using it to pay anyone else who can hack the DeFi site.

Screengrab from message encoded into the Ethereum blockchain by the Poly Network attacker.

Politiche

Congressmen McHenry, Thompson Call SEC Chair Gensler’s Remarks on Crypto ‘Concerning’

The two congressmen wrote that rather than potentially regulating innovation and job creation out of the U.S., lawmakers and regulators should “promote an active dialogue between regulators and market participants.”

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.)

Finanza

Marathon Digital Shares Rise as Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates

The bitcoin miner's stock has more than tripled this year.

Máquinas de minería de bitcoin

Pubblicità

Finanza

Jamaica’s Central Bank Mints Country’s First Batch of CBDCs

The pilot program was originally supposed to launch in May, but was delayed for unspecified reasons.

Jamaica has issued its first CBDC.

Mercati

Fidelity Takes 7.4% Stake in Marathon Digital

The investment reflects growing institutional and individual interest in investing in crypto-related companies.

Pedestrians pass a Fidelity Investments office in Boston, Ma