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

Token Management Platform Magna Raises $15M Seed Round at $70M Valuation

Investors in the round included Tiger Global, Tusk Venture Partners, Circle Ventures and Shima Capital.

Magna co-founders Arun Kirubarajan (left) and Bruno Faviero (right). (Magna)

Finance

Crypto Giant FTX Eyes Raising Money to Fund Acquisitions: Source

Sam Bankman-Fried’s exchange is raising capital as it considers a retail-focused deal, a person familiar with the matter said.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Finance

Controversial Crypto Lawyer Kyle Roche Pulls Out of Nexo, Binance.US, Solana and Dfinity Lawsuits

The new withdrawals come a day after Roche filed to withdraw from class-action lawsuits involving Tether, Bitfinex, TRON and BitMEX.

Crypto lawyer Kyle Roche has filed to withdraw from several class-action lawsuits against major crypto companies. (Mint Images RF/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Lawyer Kyle Roche Withdraws From Tether, Bitfinex, TRON and BitMEX Lawsuits After CryptoLeaks Scandal

The founding partner of upstart law firm Roche Freedman had been accused of starting frivolous class-action lawsuits to harm competitors of blockchain project Avalanche.

The Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Courthouse in New York (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Startup Salaries: Here’s How Much Devs and Others Get Paid

A new Framework Ventures compensation survey of 18 companies it backed sheds light on crypto salaries and token allocations.

Job hunters are lured into Web3 startups by the prospect of crypto riches. (Getty Images)

Finance

‘Obvious Nonsense’: Prominent Blockchain’s Founder Dismisses Smear Campaign Allegation

Avalanche founder Emin Gün Sirer said the allegations – which drove the AVAX token down about 11% – are “categorically false.”

The Avalanche booth at HBC 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

FTX Could Buy BlockFi for Only $15M – or a Lot More If Crypto Lender Hits Big Goals

FTX’s option to acquire BlockFi includes performance targets around a key SEC approval and more than doubling client assets that boost the purchase price to $240 million, people familiar with the matter told CoinDesk.

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince speaks at Consensus 2019. (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Jump Crypto Picked to Revamp Solana to Make Blockchain More Reliable

The crypto trading firm and builder is reupping its commitment after the once-hot blockchain hit potholes.

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Finance

Cashmere Raises $3M at $30M Valuation to Build Solana Enterprise Wallet

Investors in the seed funding round included Coinbase Ventures, FBG Capital and YCombinator.

Cashmere co-founders Charlotte McGinn and Shashank Khanna (Cashmere)

Layer 2

Master of Anons: How a Crypto Developer Faked a DeFi Ecosystem

The Macalinao brothers used a web of bogus identities to create the illusion of a dev community, juicing value on the Saber protocol and Solana blockchain. Now they're moving to Aptos.

Ian Macalinao, one of the Saber brothers (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)