Tracy Wang
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Crypto Lender Genesis Lays Off 30% More of Its Staff
The job cuts come a day after the company said it would be “reducing costs and driving efficiencies” amid a challenging environment for crypto companies. → Read More
Still the Face of Crypto
The 30-year-old CEO of FTX shocked the world when his $40 billion crypto empire collapsed last month, with billions in customer assets still unaccounted. That's why Sam Bankman-Fried is one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022. → Read More
Wintermute-Backed DEX Bebop Launches on Polygon
Bebop, which is incubated by crypto market-maker Wintermute, first launched on the Ethereum blockchain this past June. → Read More
Crypto Trading Firm NYDIG Lays Off About 33% of Staff
The layoffs had been going on for "several weeks," one person told CoinDesk. → Read More
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. → Read More
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. → Read More
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. → Read More
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. → Read More
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. → Read More
Terra Devs Need a Home. Other Blockchains Are Courting Them
Armed with multimillion-dollar ecosystem funds, chains like Polygon and Kadena are trying to woo coders whose work is endangered by Terra’s meltdown. → Read More
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. → Read More
Three Arrows Capital to Move Headquarters to Dubai, Raise External Capital
Crypto firms eye the Middle East amid regulatory scrutiny from Singaporean officials. → Read More
Ex-Polychain Partner Tekin Salimi Launches $125M Crypto Venture Fund
The new fund plans to convert into a decentralized autonomous organization, and involves Terra’s Do Kwon and Avalanche’s Emin Gün Sirer. → Read More
LUNA Surges 25% to New All-Time High of $104
Strong demand for Terra's stablecoin is behind the big move for sister token LUNA. → Read More
Ukraine's Airdrop Tease Spurs Influx of Microdonations
Thousands of small donations ranging from 0.0001 to 0.01 ETH are flooding the Ethereum blockchain ahead of an announced giveaway. → Read More
Ukraine Expands Crypto Donations to Accept Dogecoin
The dog-themed meme coin joins bitcoin, ether, USDT, SOL and DOT as cryptocurrencies currently accepted by Ukraine. → Read More
BUIDLing Among the Chaos: What Devs Discussed at ETHDenver
High school students, Web 2 converts and crypto founders spent a week building the future of finance in a jam-packed venue. What comes next? → Read More
Sotheby’s to Auction 104 CryptoPunks for Estimated $20M-$30M
The legendary “Punk Sweep” of August 2021, originally bought for about $7 million, is going up for sale. → Read More
Launch House Raises $12M Series A for New Age Hacker Houses
The round also included notable investors like Michael Ovitz, Mike Dudas and Ryan Sean Adams. → Read More
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. → Read More