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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Crypto Market Cap Falls Below $2T Amid Sell-Off

As bitcoin and ether breach $40,000 and $3,000 support levels, some altcoins are trading 60%-80% down from cycle highs.

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DeFi’s Wonderland Is Buying TIME

The Olympus fork saw its TIME token drop below its treasury-backed value on Monday, spurring liquidations and protocol intervention.

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Ethereum Gas Site Fees.wtf’s WTF Token Down 80%, Following SOS and GAS

A cult website that tracked Ethereum gas usage ironically sent gas fees soaring amid airdrop fervor.

A fuel gauge near empty (Image credit: Shutterstock).

Markets

‘Wen Token?’: Polymarket’s New Airdrop Futures Market Has Answers

Speculators can now bet on whether big-name crypto projects will airdrop a native token in Q1 2022.

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OpenSea on Track for Record Month as NFT Sales Boom

Despite a bloody start to the year for bitcoin and ether, the volume of non-fungible tokens is reaching all-time highs.

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Finance

Pudgy Penguins NFT Project Ousts Founders as Mood Turns Icy

NFT influencers clash over the fate of Pudgy Penguins, raising governance questions surrounding non-fungible token communities.

Pudgy Penguins is a collection of 8,888 unique penguins with proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum blockchain. (Screenshot: OpenSea)

Finance

Will DAOs Replace Crypto Venture Capital?

Amid backlash over venture capital firms, decentralized autonomous organizations are emerging as a community-bootstrapped way to fund crypto projects.

Andreessen Horowitz co-founder and General Partner Marc Andreessen (Fortune Live Media via Flickr)

Finance

LinksDAO NFT Sale Books First $10M Toward Buying an Actual Golf Course

The project sold out a collection of over 9,000 NFTs with a token airdrop for members penciled in for 2022.

A Long Island golf course bathed in sunlight. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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Here Are the Top 10 Cryptocurrencies of 2021

Tokens linked to the metaverse, “Ethereum killers” and meme coins dominated gains this year.

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Markets

NFT Project Bored Ape Yacht Club Spawns ‘Left-Facing’ Copycats

The parody projects expose the absurdity of NFT communities and intellectual property concerns surrounding digital images.

(Yuga Labs, modified by CoinDesk)