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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Finance

Ethereum System Skale Launches $100M Ecosystem Fund

The fund, which coincides with the March launch of Skale v.2, will kick off with $5 million in grants for blockchain gaming projects.

SKALE CEO Jack O'Holleran. (Courtesy photo)

Markets

How the 'Big Short DAO' Bet Against the Crypto Market and Won

The pseudonymous crypto trader @GiganticRebirth was feeling bearish at the market top last November. Here’s how his team of alpha hunters say they made money shorting altcoins in the ensuing sell-off.

The "Big Short," crypto edition. (Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Finance

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)

Finance

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.

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Markets

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)

Policy

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

Markets

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)

Finance

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)

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Markets

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)

Markets

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 (
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