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

Access Protocol’s ACS Token Rallies After Web3 Paywall’s Public Airdrop

The early airdrops accounted for just 2% of the token’s initial allocation, according to a version of the pitch deck viewed by CoinDesk.

Mika Honkasalo, founder of Access Protocol (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Blockchain Scaling Project Sovereign Labs Raises $7.4M in Seed Round

The fundraise was led by Haun Ventures and included Maven 11, 1KX, Robot Ventures and Plaintext Capital.

(Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Gemini Terminates Its Crypto Yield Product, Amping Up Battle With Genesis

The move, which Gemini says requires Genesis to return all locked-up assets, sunsets the exchange's nearly two-year-old Gemini Earn program.

Tyler Winklevoss y Cameron Winklevoss, cofundadores de Gemini. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Finance

Gemini's Cameron Winklevoss Calls for Barry Silbert's Ouster From Crypto Conglomerate DCG

Winklevoss, on behalf of Gemini, called for Silbert's removal for his involvement in the disagreement between Genesis and its creditors.

Tyler y Cameron Winklevoss, de Gemini, en el evento TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2015. (TechCrunch/Wikimedia)

Finance

Crypto Lender Genesis Lays Off 30% More of Its Staff

The job cuts come a day after the company said it would be “reducing costs and driving efficiencies” amid a challenging environment for crypto companies.

(Genesis Trading, modificado por CoinDesk)

Finance

FTX’s Bankman-Fried Gave Ex-Jane Street Traders Who Formed Modulo Capital $400M

Founded in early 2022, Modulo operated out of the same luxury Bahamian condominium community where Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX employees lived.

Sam Bankman-Fried speaks at Consensus C22 (CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Betting on a Decentralized, Cross-Chain Crypto Future

The 26-year-old president of Jump Crypto heads a DeFi juggernaut that’s building key infrastructure and cross-chain bridges, and investing in layer1 blockchains. For running on all cylinders in a year of crypto reckoning, Kanav Kariya is one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022.

Kanav Kariya (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Still the Face of Crypto

The 30-year-old CEO of FTX shocked the world when his $40 billion crypto empire collapsed last month, with billions in customer assets still unaccounted. That's why Sam Bankman-Fried is one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022.

"The sun still rises" (Yosnier/CoinDesk)

Finance

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried: 'I Didn’t Knowingly Commingle Funds'

In a highly anticipated interview at Wednesday’s DealBook Summit, Sam Bankman-Fried expressed regret over his exchange's collapse, but clung to the narrative that it was a bet gone wrong.

Andrew Ross Sorkin speaks with FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Finance

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Still 'Long-Term Optimistic' on Metaverse

“The skepticism doesn’t bother me that much,” the CEO of Facebook's parent company said at the DealBook Summit on Wednesday.

Andrew Ross Sorkin speaks with Mark Zuckerberg during the New York Times DealBook Summit. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)