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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Tech

Cook Finance Launches DeFi Index Platform on Avalanche

“We see this launch as providing an easy way for new users who want to get into DeFi indexes but were held back by high gas fees on Ethereum.”

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Bears Retreat as Traders Buy on Dips

Bitcoin is up about 6% over the past 24 hours. Analysts expect short-term price gains.

Bull/bear (Shutterstock)

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Reaches $61K as SEC’s ETF Deadline Nears

Bitcoin is inching closer to an all-time high as anticipation builds the U.S. regulator will finally approve one of the many applications it has received.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Shutterstock)

Markets

Market Wrap: Ether Outperforms Bitcoin as Traders Look to Altcoins

Analysts see strong fundamentals for alternative cryptocurrencies.

Ether 24-hour price chart (CoinDesk)

Finance

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Recovering Faster Than Equities as Buyers Remain Active

By contrast, the S&P 500 is down about 4% from an all-time high in September.

Roller coaster

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Declines as Indicator Shows Rally Could Lose Steam

Comments from J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon contributed to a sour mood across crypto markets.

Bull and bear (Shutterstock)

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin All-Time High Expected, but Not Before a Pullback

The options market is placing a 20% probability on bitcoin ending the month at a new all-time high above $65,000.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Ends Week Notching 14% Gain

The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization also surpassed $1 trillion again this week.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

Markets

Market Wrap: Analysts Bullish on Bitcoin as Trading Volume Rises

Historically, bitcoin produces positive returns in the fourth quarter, underpinning bullish price estimates.

Bitcoin 24-hour chart (CoinDesk)

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Dominance Rises as Altcoins Underperform

Bitcoin is outperforming on hopes of a U.S. ETF approval.

Bitcoin 24-hour chart (CoinDesk)