Tracy Wang

Deputy Managing Editor

Tracy Wang was the deputy managing editor of CoinDesk's finance and deals team, based in New York City. She has reported on a wide range of topics in crypto, including decentralized finance, venture capital, exchanges and market-makers, DAOs and NFTs. Previously, she worked in traditional finance ("tradfi") as a hedge funds analyst at an asset management firm. She owns BTC, ETH, MINA, ENS, and some NFTs.

Tracy won the 2022 George Polk award in Financial Reporting for coverage that led to the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. She holds a B.A. in Economics from Yale College.

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Latest from Tracy Wang

Pudgy Penguins NFT Collection Looks to Next Chapter With $2.5M Sale

The collection of 8,888 digital penguins has been sold to LA-based entrepreneur Luca Netz in a 750 ETH deal.

Apr 2, 2022

Pudgy Penguins are a collection of 8,888 NFTs with proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum blockchain (OpenSea).

OpenSea Exec Who Quit After ‘Insider Trading’ Scandal Is Back With NFT Platform

Two pitch decks seen by CoinDesk show that OpenSea’s former head of product, Nate Chastain, is building a platform to simplify the NFT discovery process.

Mar 31, 2022

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Can Avalanche Win Over Wall Street and 'Degens' Alike?

At the inaugural Avalanche Summit in Barcelona, Spain, the speedy Ethereum alternative looked to court users onto its subnets.

Mar 30, 2022

Avalanche founder Emin Gün Sirer speaks in Barcelona. (Tracy Wang/CoinDesk)

Jump Crypto Wants You to Know Its Name

A secretive trading giant with an army of developers is taking an increasingly active role in building key crypto infrastructure.

Mar 25, 2022

Jump Crypto President Kanav Kariya speaks at the 2022 Avalanche Summit in Barcelona. (Tracy Wang/CoinDesk)

Ex-Polychain Partner Tekin Salimi Launches $125M Crypto Venture Fund

The new fund plans to convert into a decentralized autonomous organization, and involves Terra’s Do Kwon and Avalanche’s Emin Gün Sirer.

Mar 23, 2022

Tekin Salimi (dao5)

Avalanche Announces New ‘Core’ Wallet, Bitcoin Bridge at AVAX Summit

The pair of product upgrades are meant to boost Avalanche’s DeFi ecosystem.

Mar 22, 2022

AVA Labs Head of Product Nick Mussallem speaks at the Avalanche Summit in Barcelona. (Tracy Wang/CoinDesk)

Lemonade Is Working With Avalanche, Chainlink on Weather Insurance for Farmers

A newly formed DAO backed by the Lemonade Foundation will roll out permissionless weather insurance to African farmers later this year.

Mar 22, 2022

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Andrew Yang Wants Web 3 to Prove the Haters Wrong

With a pair of new DAOs, is Andrew Yang crypto’s political darling?

Mar 18, 2022

Andrew Yang (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Andrew Yang Launches New DAO for AAPI Advancement

The former presidential candidate is pioneering a new use case for DAOs: social activism.

Mar 17, 2022

Andrew Yang (left)
at Consensus 2019

LUNA Surges 25% to New All-Time High of $104

Strong demand for Terra's stablecoin is behind the big move for sister token LUNA.

Mar 9, 2022

Solana hit new record high prices on Monday. Credit: Kurt Cotoaga/Unsplash

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