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.

Latest from Tracy Wang

Markets

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.

Ene 18, 2022

Markets

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.

Ene 17, 2022

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

Markets

‘Wen Token?’: Polymarket’s New Airdrop Futures Market Has Answers

Speculators can now bet on whether big-name crypto projects will airdrop a native token in Q1 2022.

Ene 14, 2022

Markets

OpenSea on Track for Record Month as NFT Sales Boom

Despite a bloody start to the year for bitcoin and ether, the volume of non-fungible tokens is reaching all-time highs.

Ene 13, 2022

Finance

Pudgy Penguins NFT Project Ousts Founders as Mood Turns Icy

NFT influencers clash over the fate of Pudgy Penguins, raising governance questions surrounding non-fungible token communities.

Ene 7, 2022

Pudgy Penguins is a collection of 8,888 unique penguins with proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum blockchain. (Screenshot: OpenSea)

Finance

Will DAOs Replace Crypto Venture Capital?

Amid backlash over venture capital firms, decentralized autonomous organizations are emerging as a community-bootstrapped way to fund crypto projects.

Ene 6, 2022

Andreessen Horowitz co-founder and General Partner Marc Andreessen (Fortune Live Media via Flickr)

Finance

LinksDAO NFT Sale Books First $10M Toward Buying an Actual Golf Course

The project sold out a collection of over 9,000 NFTs with a token airdrop for members penciled in for 2022.

Ene 3, 2022

A Long Island golf course bathed in sunlight. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Markets

Here Are the Top 10 Cryptocurrencies of 2021

Tokens linked to the metaverse, “Ethereum killers” and meme coins dominated gains this year.

Dis 31, 2021

Markets

NFT Project Bored Ape Yacht Club Spawns ‘Left-Facing’ Copycats

The parody projects expose the absurdity of NFT communities and intellectual property concerns surrounding digital images.

Dis 30, 2021

Markets

DeFi Traders Push Terra’s UST Stablecoin to $10B Market Cap

The coin has surpassed Binance Smart Chain in total value locked amid rapid DeFi growth.

Dis 27, 2021

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