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

Crypto Trading Firm Wintermute to Launch DEX on Ethereum

The decentralized exchange, Bebop, is scheduled to go live this summer.

Wintermute, a prominent crypto market maker, plans to roll out a decentralized exchange. (Getty Images/iStockphoto).

Finance

Multicoin Capital Partners With Bitwise and Matthew Ball for Metaverse Crypto Index, Fund

The index fund will include up to 40 metaverse-related crypto assets.

A screenshot from inside Metaverse Fashion Week. (Cameron Thompson/CoinDesk)

Finance

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Signs Billionaires’ Giving Pledge

The crypto billionaire has promised to give away the majority of his wealth to philanthropic causes.

Sam Bankman-Fried speaks at Crypto Bahamas 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Optimism's OP Token Plummets After Botched Airdrop

A controversial Optimism governance proposal is pushing for some wallets that sold the airdrop to be banned from future airdrops.

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Markets

Optimism Tokens Claimed by Some Users Ahead of Official Airdrop Announcement

The Ethereum scaling system’s long-awaited airdrop is expected to go live on Tuesday, but some users were able to jump in early.

Did you pay taxes on that airdrop? (Pixabay)

Tech

Terra Devs Need a Home. Other Blockchains Are Courting Them

Armed with multimillion-dollar ecosystem funds, chains like Polygon and Kadena are trying to woo coders whose work is endangered by Terra’s meltdown.

Traders make bullish forecasts after bitcoin's escape from a triangular consolidation . (Source: Pixabay, PhotoMosh)

Tech

Wormhole Bridge Expands to Cosmos Ecosystem

The Jump-backed cross-chain connector will integrate with Injective, an EVM-compatible chain in the Cosmos ecosystem. It becomes Wormhole’s 11th chain.

Wormhole concept (Getty)

Finance

LUNA’s Ghost Haunts ‘Permissionless’ Crypto Conference

At the first industry conference since Terra’s $40 billion collapse, companies and investors say crypto could face a more uncertain future.

The main stage of Permissionless 2022 ahead of the event. (Blockworks)

Markets

Avalanche Says Luna Foundation Guard Has 'Disclosed No Plans' for AVAX Tokens

Avalanche, the smart-contracts blockchain, says it is ready to work with Luna Foundation Guard on a “sensible trading strategy” if the tokens were to be sold.

Avalanche (Pixabay)

Tech

Jump-Backed Wormhole Bridge Expands to Algorand Blockchain

The cross-chain bridge is hoping to capture some of Algorand’s $136 million in DeFi TVL.

Algorand founder Silvio Micali speaks at Crypto Bahamas 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)