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

TPS Capital Says It's 'Independent' From Three Arrows Capital

In a statement shared on Twitter, TPS Capital says its operations are “separate and distinct” from the beleaguered crypto hedge fund.

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Finance

Binance.US Names Ex-PayPal Executive as New CFO

Jasmine Lee will replace Eric Segal, who had been chief financial officer on an interim basis since last October.

Binance.US at Bitcoin Miami 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

FTX Close to Buying BlockFi for Just $25M

The beleaguered crypto lender was reportedly close to finalizing a down round valuing it at $1 billion earlier this month.

Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO de FTX. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Morgan Creek Is Trying to Counter FTX’s BlockFi Bailout, Leaked Call Shows

FTX’s $250 million credit facility offer – if inked as initially proposed – stood to effectively wipe out all BlockFi shareholders, including Morgan Creek Digital, the firm told its investors.

Mark Yusko, founder of Morgan Creek Capital Management, speaks at Consensus 2018. (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Goldman Sachs Leading Investor Group to Buy Celsius Assets: Sources

The Wall Street firm is seeking $2 billion in commitments from investors to buy distressed assets at steep discounts if the crypto lender goes bankrupt.

Goldman Sachs is said to have an eye on Celsius. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Finance

Binance.US Targeting $50M Follow-On Raise at $4.5B Valuation

The U.S. arm of the crypto exchange giant is looking to raise additional funds after closing a $200 million seed round in April.

Binance.US CEO Brian Shroder (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Rebounds Past $20K, Ether Soars Above $1,100

The price of bitcoin bounced 16.7% off of its Saturday lows. Ether followed with a 29% gain.

Bitcoin rallied to $20,580 just one day after it fell below $20,000 for the first time since November 2020. (Johnny Johnson/Getty Images)

Markets

Crypto Market Tumbles as Bitcoin Breaks Previous Cycle's Highs

Bitcoin’s price fell well below $19,783, the all-time high it notched in December 2017.

The price of bitcoin fell below $18,500, breaching its previous cycle's all-time highs. (CoinDesk).

Markets

Market Wrap: BTC Tumbles Further Ahead of Fed Meeting; Extreme Fear Among Traders

Bitcoin hovered around $22,000, down about 5% over the past 24 hours.

(Jan Baborák/Unsplash)

Markets

Celsius’s CEL Token Jumps 8-Fold in Intraday Spike

The lender’s token reached a high of $2.57 in what appears to be a short squeeze.

The Celsius both at Bitcoin Miami 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)