Doreen Wang

Doreen serves as a video journalist and writer for CoinDesk. She graduated from NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, where she focused on broadcast journalism. She has no significant crypto holdings.

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Policy

The Bitcoin Mining Debate Is Ignoring the People Most Affected

Snowballing misinformation has painted an inaccurate and incomplete portrait of a complicated industry – and that is having a real impact on policy.

Dresden Mayor Bill Hall (Doreen Wang/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

South Korean Lawmakers Are Gearing Up to Regulate Crypto. What Could That Look Like?

The 300 members of South Korea’s National Assembly are currently considering 17 separate crypto-related proposals, from which they hope to shape the Digital Asset Basic Act.

South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-Yeol celebrates his victory (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Consensus Magazine

The OG Streetwear Designer Fighting for NFT Creator Royalties

When 20-year-old streetwear brand The Hundreds jumped into Web3 last year, its loyal fans spent upwards of $100 million on its NFTs. This year it canceled its OpenSea drop in a principled stand for creators’ financial interests. That’s why Bobby “The Hundreds” Kim is one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022.

Bobby Kim (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Top 5 Crypto Tax Questions, Answered

Tax experts weigh in on how the IRS views crypto trading profits, gifts, mining rewards and more.

(Yunha Lee/CoinDesk)

Web3

SuperRare NFT Marketplace Launches RarePass for Exclusive Curated Art Drops

The artist-first marketplace will airdrop exclusive art to 250 holders of the subscription-like passes over the course of a year.

Matt Kane, CRYPTOART MONETIZATION GENERATION, 2022 (SuperRare)

Web3

Comic Con NY 2022 Blended Web3 and Pop Culture Fandoms

This year's pop culture pilgrimage continued to show similarities between traditional collectors and crypto natives.

Attendees head into Comic Con. (Doreen Wang/CoinDesk)

Layer 2

'I Would Never Date a Crypto Guy Again.' What Women Say About Dating in Crypto

Three women share how greed, gluttony and pride have turned them off from dating crypto bros.

(Jim Heimann Collection/Getty Images)

Finance

Gucci Invests $25K in DAO of NFT Marketplace SuperRare to Start Digital Art Vault

The high-end luxury fashion house has purchased the tokens to launch a digital “Vault Art Space.”

The high-end luxury fashion house has purchased $25,000 worth of RARE tokens to launch a digital “Vault Art Space.” (Gucci x SuperRare, courtesy of SuperRare)

Layer 2

Kevin McCoy: The Metaverse Is Going to Be Powered by Game Engines

The digital artist, who minted the first NFT ever, compares the metaverse of today to the watershed moment when Nintendo launched Mario Bros in 1985.

(Doreen Wang/CoinDesk)

Layer 2

Bitcoin City: El Salvador’s Dreams for Utopia on Hold

Locals interviewed by CoinDesk have mixed feelings about El Salvador’s multimillion dollar proposal financed by “bitcoin bonds.”

A Chivo Wallet agent assisting a user in La Union, El Salvador (Elaine Ramirez/CoinDesk)

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