Tracy Wang

Tracy Wang

Tracy Wang is 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, USDC, and some NFTs. Tracy won the 2023 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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House Financial Services Committee Holds Hearing On FTX Collapse
FTX Bankruptcy Estate to Claw Back $460M From Modulo Capital
Alameda Research seeded little-known Bahamas-based hedge fund Modulo Capital with $475 million in 2022. The recovery includes $404 million in cash.
House Financial Services Committee Holds Hearing On FTX Collapse
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SEC Is 'Completely Out Of Control,' Says a16z Crypto's Head of Policy
At the annual Futures Industry Association conference in Boca Raton, representatives from crypto companies argued the lack of regulatory clarity would stifle US innovation.
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Multicoin Capital’s Hedge Fund Lost 91.4% Last Year, Investor Letter Reveals
The fund’s performance was severely impacted by direct exposure to now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX and holdings in FTT and Solana-based tokens.
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Hosts of Bankless Podcast Raising $35M Crypto Venture Fund: Sources
The popular crypto podcast is branching out beyond its media roots to invest in emerging Web3 startups.
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Crypto Wallet Startup Den Gets $2.8M in Seed Funding Led by IDEO CoLab Ventures
The Den co-founders, the duo behind the viral hit ConstitutionDAO, says solving coordination issues is the biggest challenge for on-chain organizations.
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Superchain Network Raises $4M to Build Decentralized Data Indexing Protocol
The $4 million combined seed and pre-seed round included participation from Blockchain Capital, Maven 11 and other investors.
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Former FTX Executive Nishad Singh Planning to Plead Guilty to Fraud: Bloomberg
Singh, the former engineering director for the collapsed crypto exchange, was a member of Bankman-Fried’s inner circle.
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El presidente de Jump Crypto, Kanav Kariya. (Danny Nelson)
Jump Crypto podría ser la empresa anónima que ganó US$1,280M gracias al fallido ecosistema Terra de Do Kwon
Una denuncia de la SEC contra Do Kwon y Terraform Labs reveló que una empresa de trading sin identificar ayudó a Kwon a restaurar la paridad de UST con US$1 en 2021 a cambio de tokens LUNA con descuento.
El presidente de Jump Crypto, Kanav Kariya. (Danny Nelson)
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Jump Crypto Is Unnamed Firm That Made $1.28B From Do Kwon’s Doomed Terra Ecosystem: Sources
A complaint by the SEC against Do Kwon and Terraform Labs revealed an unnamed trading firm helped Kwon restore UST’s $1 peg in 2021 in exchange for discounted LUNA tokens.
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Mika Honkasalo, founder of Access Protocol (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
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)