Tracy Wang

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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Finanças

The Graph Backers Launch $205M Ecosystem Fund to Provide Grants to Dapp Builders

The fund aims to accelerate development of key projects in the data-indexing network’s ecosystem.

(CoinDesk archives)

Finanças

Coinbase Trading Vulnerability Exposed by White-Hat Hacker

Twitter user @Tree_of_Alpha notified the Coinbase team of the exploit and the exchange giant suspended trading on its new Advanced Trading platform.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong speaks at CoinDesk's Consensus 2019.

Mercados

FlamingoDAO’s NFT Portfolio Is Now Worth $1B

The exclusive DAO’s membership buy-in has increased over 350-fold to 3,000 ETH, or a hefty $8 million.

FlamingoDAO is a decentralized autonomous organization investing in NFTs. (Jonathan Ross/Getty Images)

Política

Russia to Regulate Crypto, Dispelling Fears of Ban

The government’s plan to license exchanges and tax large transactions has the support of the central bank, which previously wanted to outlaw mining and trading.

Russian government building

Mercados

Sotheby’s to Auction 104 CryptoPunks for Estimated $20M-$30M

The legendary “Punk Sweep” of July 2021, originally bought for about $7 million, is going up for sale.

Sotheby's to auction 104 CryptoPunk NFTs in "Punk It!" auction on Feb 23. (Sotheby's)

Finanças

Launch House Raises $12M Series A for New Age Hacker Houses

The round was led by a16z and also included notable investors Michael Ovitz, Mike Dudas and Ryan Sean Adams.

(Launch House)

Mercados

Crypto Sell-Off Wipes $700B From Industry Market Cap So Far in 2022

The market value of all cryptocurrencies has plummeted to $1.6 trillion from $2.3 trillion at the start of the year, according to CoinGecko data.

Macho the dog demonstrates surfing-while-popping-balloon skills. (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

Mercados

Crypto Market Cap Falls Below $2T Amid Sell-Off

As bitcoin and ether breach $40,000 and $3,000 support levels, some altcoins are trading 60%-80% down from cycle highs.

McDonald's outlet in Hong Kong (
S3studio/Getty Images)

Mercados

DeFi’s Wonderland Is Buying TIME

The Olympus fork saw its TIME token drop below its treasury-backed value on Monday, spurring liquidations and protocol intervention.

magic, frog

Mercados

Ethereum Gas Site Fees.wtf’s WTF Token Down 80%, Following SOS and GAS

A cult website that tracked Ethereum gas usage ironically sent gas fees soaring amid airdrop fervor.

Ethereum gas fees are measured in gwei, equivalent to 0.000000001 ETH (Image credit: Shutterstock).