Tracy Wang

Deputy Managing Editor

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.

Latest from Tracy Wang

Markets

Justin Sun Talks USDD Stablecoin in Wake of LUNA/UST Unravel

The controversial crypto entrepreneur explains how an algorithmic stablecoin can still succeed while denying rumors he was behind the de-pegging of Terra’s failed UST.

May 14, 2022

Tech

Popular Crypto Data Sites Targeted With Phishing Attack

Etherscan, CoinGecko and other sites displayed a suspicious pop-up asking users to connect their wallets.

May 13, 2022

Danil Potekhin and Dimitrii Karasavidi face a growing list of U.S. legal troubles.
(wk1003mike/Shutterstock)

Finance

Wall Street Goes Crypto in the Bahamas

The inaugural Crypto Bahamas conference was a four-day flex of FTX’s expanding empire – with a new era of “corporate crypto” firmly on display.

May 4, 2022

Coming or already here? (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Three Arrows Capital to Move Headquarters to Dubai, Raise External Capital

Crypto firms eye the Middle East amid regulatory scrutiny from Singaporean officials.

Apr 28, 2022

3AC co-founder Su Zhu speaks at Crypto Bahamas. (Tracy Wang/CoinDesk)

Finance

Near DeFi Project Bastion Reveals $9M Funding Round on Heels of BSTN Airdrop Plans

Investors include Three Arrows Capital, Jump Crypto, FTX Ventures and Jane Street.

Apr 21, 2022

Easter Island statue, used as an emoji by Bastion's community. (Thomas Griggs/Unsplash)

Finance

Near-Based DeFi Protocol Bastion to Launch BSTN Token at a $180M Valuation

Bastion, the largest DeFi protocol on the Near blockchain, will be allocating 5 billion BSTN tokens, with trading set to begin just before midnight UTC on Thursday.

Apr 21, 2022

Bastion’s community emoji is an Easter Island statue. (Micheline Pelletier/Corbis via Getty Images)

Tech

DeFi Developer Andre Cronje Teases New Regulation-Focused Crypto Projects

The mercurial “Godfather of DeFi” is now pivoting to compliant crypto after abruptly quitting decentralized finance in early March.

Apr 19, 2022

Andre Cronje interviewed at Seoul Blockchain Week, 2019.

Tech

Terra's Anchor Protocol to Launch on Polkadot DeFi Hub Acala

A month after launching on Avalanche, Anchor continues its expansion onto new base layers.

Apr 13, 2022

An installation by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, after whom Polkadot's canary network is named. (Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images)

Markets

Terra Backers Buy $200M in AVAX Tokens, Bolstering Crypto Reserves Beyond BTC

The Luna Foundation Guard bought $100 million in AVAX with UST stablecoins. Terraform Labs swapped an additional $100 million in LUNA for the same value in AVAX.

Apr 7, 2022

Finance

Crypto Trading Firm Wintermute Launches Zero-Fee OTC Platform

Wintermute Node will compete against other institutional trading platforms in a bid to expand the firm’s client base.

Apr 6, 2022

Business fund investor planning for investment in crisis recession coronavirus , Covid-19 after stockmarket crash using cryptocurrency,bitcoin, for invest use digital tablet and mobile online trading

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