Mandy Wang

Mandy Wang recalled in 2024 that around 2016 to 2017 she felt new opportunities in the internet industry were becoming limited, while venture capital professionals around her had begun to pay attention to blockchain; her interest in the new technology and its room for growth led her into the field. She saw media work as a path into Web3 using the professional skills she already had.⁠[1]

In 2017, Wang reported on startups and financing at 36Kr under the byline “Mandy Wang Mengdie.” A September 25 report on Orange Ocean covered its content and IP business; a report on Moretickets’ financing, published October 31, covered performance ticketing. These bylined works document the range of her coverage before she focused on blockchain reporting.⁠[2][3]

The 36Kr project database lists Odaily’s founding date as March 2018, with Wang as founder and [Yuan Jun](https://ababpedia.com/yuan-jun-odaily (opens in a new window)) as co-founder. The project was incubated by 36Kr, its core content team had a 36Kr background, and after becoming independently operated it continued to cooperate with 36Kr; Odaily’s official website also describes the relationship as an exclusive strategic partnership.⁠[4][5][6]

On March 15, Odaily published “The Magical Prequel of ICOs: The Crypto Circle, the Brotherhood Circle, and the Circle of Interests,” with the opening byline Mandy Wang Mengdie and Bin Meng. The article reported on the people and webs of interest in the ICO industry at the time and is one of the representative works of her early blockchain reporting.⁠[7]

On May 10, 36Kr reported that Odaily had raised a 30 million yuan angel round led by Huixiang Fund, with participation from Bawei Capital, Chuangda Capital, and Dianrong, to be used for team expansion and business development. The report described Wang as partner and editor-in-chief, and said the team then had about 30 people, with Chen Yuanyang as technical partner.⁠[5]

On the same day, Odaily’s website, iOS and Android apps, and WeChat official account went live. Wang explained that it would provide news, explainers, and in-depth content for the general public, market data and project analysis for token holders, and technical interviews and research reports for industry professionals; she also proposed developing data, information services, and platform tools, and planned to set up Japanese and Korean sites.⁠[5]

A press release issued by Nebulas recorded that on August 5, Wang, as founder of Odaily, jointly announced the Bitsclub Vision Program in Shanghai with Hitters Xu, founder of Bitsclub and Nebulas; Ye Zhou of SBCVC; Yang Yan of DHVC; and Chang Li, founder of Oneboat Capital. The program aimed to support the integration of traditional businesses with blockchain through business consulting, technical guidance, financing planning, and media channels.⁠[8]

At the 2018 New Trends Summit, Wang argued that blockchain projects need to distinguish speculative participants from users who actually use the product, and to lower the barriers for ordinary people to use applications. She opposed treating transaction performance metrics or a simple “token conversion” as sufficient conditions for success, and stressed the role of developers, talent, and security in the industry’s development.⁠[9]

In the same talk, she discussed the different requirements for tokens as payment instruments, investment targets, and incentive tools: payment requires relative stability, investment is affected by price volatility, and incentives must be tied to actual contributions. She advocated considering product needs, business models, and technical constraints together, rather than relying solely on token arrangements to attract participants.⁠[9]

On September 5, Odaily held the P.O.D Conference in Beijing, with 36Kr Group as strategic co-organizer. Wang gave a talk titled “Industry Media Supporting the Development of the Blockchain Ecosystem,” saying the team had published more than 3,000 articles, reached 6 million reader visits, and provided first exposure or first financing reports for more than 300 projects.⁠[10]

At the P.O.D Conference, Wang proposed building public chain ecosystem channels and a developer index, organizing content production together with technical communities, and focusing on areas such as security, Layer 2, and sharding. She announced plans to open a submission portal for news flashes, with submissions to be published free of charge after back-end review, hoping the media outlet would play a role in connecting developers, projects, and talent.⁠[10]

On the evening of May 27, Wang held a public conversation with Kevin Kelly at the Zhongshuge bookstore in Guiyang. The event was a side event of the 2019 China International Big Data Industry Expo, hosted by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, with Odaily handling exclusive publicity. Her questions covered how blockchain enables collaboration, the relationship between [BitcoinBitcoinBitcoin (common symbol BTC) is an open peer-to-peer electronic cash protocol, network, and native digital asset. Full nodes independently verify transactions and blocks according to the consensus rules; transactions are recorded as UTXOs, and blocks are organized into a public ledger through proof of work. Bitcoin is not issued or managed by any single institution, but using, holding in custody, and trading it still involve key, privacy, market, and legal risks.Open the full entry](https://ababpedia.com/bitcoin (opens in a new window)) and daily life, the room for innovation at tech giants, and the information environment of social media.⁠[11]

On July 10, Odaily and [BlockBeats](https://ababpedia.com/blockbeats (opens in a new window)) jointly held StakingCon in Beijing, with discussions on the staking economy, PoS governance, and how wallets and trading platforms participate. In her opening remarks, Wang called for the media to stay neutral and objective, keep following valuable people and developments in the industry, and work with builders.⁠[12]

On September 22, at the Shenzhen stop of the O-Link Planet Salon, Wang gave a speech as founder and CEO of Odaily, calling for exploring the industry’s real users and application value. She and BitUniverse CEO Chen Yong announced a strategic partnership covering market data, community news, in-depth articles, analysis reports, community operations, and media coverage.⁠[13]

The official website of MinerSummit in Chengdu, hosted by MinerUpdate, listed Wang as CEO of Odaily and scheduled her to moderate the Chinese-language roundtable “The Next Wave of Mining” on the afternoon of October 12. The guests listed for the session were Kim Jin of JD Mining, Jimmy Lindesay of Eminer, Xin Song of GSR, and Howard Yuan of Fundamental Labs.⁠[14]

At a blockchain roundtable at the 12th China Economic Media Summit, Wang summarized the business of industry media as falling into three categories: advertising, services, and trading, and said Odaily at that time engaged only in the first two and did not profit from trading. She regarded the media’s ability to match resources as the basis for commercialization beyond the content business.⁠[15]

In the same discussion, Wang said Odaily’s advertising clients included Tencent and JD.com, and that its service business involved local government investment promotion and matching blockchain applications. She also spoke of the team’s participation in the blockchain section of the 2019 Guiyang Big Data Expo and of its work, over the better part of a year, matching companies with application scenarios for Ant Financial. The above business information comes from her own account at the roundtable.⁠[15]

A 36Kr livestream announcement listed Wang as the featured speaker at 20:00 on December 5, with a 40-minute presentation and a 20-minute Q&A covering blockchain basics, its development, application scenarios, and policy focus. The announcement introduced her as founder and CEO of Odaily.⁠[16]

In an interview with CointelegraphCointelegraphCointelegraph is a digital news outlet covering blockchain, digital assets, artificial intelligence, and fintech, known for its cartoon-style news illustrations. It also runs businesses including Cointelegraph Magazine, research, an accelerator, and events.Open the full entry, Wang described the pandemic’s impact on the team: some editors were stranded in Hubei, interviews shifted to phone calls, and offline events moved online. As an example, she said the team held an all-day online event on April 10 bringing together more than 30 guests, and that readership had grown by about 20% at the time; the team also adjusted its efficiency management and risk response arrangements.⁠[17]

On May 13, 36Kr republished Odaily’s investigative report “Chasing Dreams in the Futures Trading Circle: My Trading Mentor Was an Actor,” written by Qin Xiaofeng, with the editor credited as Mandy Wang Mengdie. Based on interviews and investigation, the article discussed futures copy-trading groups and the associated fraud risks, documenting her continued involvement in editorial work beyond founding the organization.⁠[18]

An announcement for the second Props webinar listed Wang as host on the evening of November 3, with guests Qu Ming, founder of Magic Circle, and Liu Zhiyi, director of SenseTime’s Intelligent Industry Research Institute, to discuss user capital and equity capital. The event was planned to be livestreamed on Bilibili.⁠[19]

On December 18, at IOSG’s 8th Old Friends Reunion, Wang moderated “Beyond EVM Compatibility: The Next Milestone for Multichain Adoption.” The guests came from Avalanche, Parity, Conflux, and Moonbeam; her questions focused on application growth, public chain interoperability, and the impact of Layer 2 development on other smart contract platforms.⁠[20]

At a metaverse-themed event the following day, she moderated the roundtable “How Communities Build the Metaverse with Lego,” discussing the definition of the metaverse and the creator economy with Mary Ma of MixMarvel, Kant of Nash Metaverse, Xiao Wu of ChainIDE, and K Erica of RhizomeDAO and Guild W. This record comes from a published version of the organizer’s event summary.⁠[21][22]

In an interview published on May 11, the Paladin Pandas team disclosed that the project had completed a $4 million funding round, listing Odaily founder Mandy Wang among the participants along with Future Capital, HashKey, Innoangel, Y2Z, and Vincent Niu. The material did not disclose her personal investment amount, investment instrument, ownership percentage, or any subsequent exit.⁠[23]

A transcript of RockTree OG Talk released in July recorded that Wang moderated the roundtable “Cryptocurrency under Global Regulation,” co-organized by Odaily and RockTree, with guests Omer Ozden of RockTree, Joy Lam of Baker McKenzie, and Masa Kikuchi of Secured Finance. Her questions covered regulatory differences among the United States, Hong Kong, and Japan, corporate compliance, decentralized finance, and cross-regional development.⁠[24]

A [Bitget](https://ababpedia.com/bitget (opens in a new window)) AMA summary released on January 5 listed Mandy as host of the Twitter Space. She and guests including Gracy, Chris Lee, Jack Kong, Phyrex, Chen Jian, [Xie Jiayin](https://ababpedia.com/xie-jiayin (opens in a new window)), and Chongge discussed industry events of 2023, regulatory changes, ETFs and the Bitcoin ecosystem, and the outlook for 2024.⁠[25]

On March 7, Wang took part in a Bitget Women in Web3 Space hosted by Xie Jiayin. She said professional ability matters more than gender, and that in hiring she values the ability to learn and adapt, to propose ideas proactively, and to handle unexpected events; she considered the industry relatively flat, offering young professionals opportunities to access resources and take on work.⁠[1]

In the same exchange, she argued that investment risk appetite is not necessarily determined by gender, citing as an example that she is more willing to take risks than some of her male friends. She mentioned following the combination of AI and crypto, Bitcoin Layer 2, and GameFi, while stressing the importance of continuously building expertise in one’s chosen field to get through market cycles.⁠[1]

On June 25, Wang moderated a Space co-hosted by RockTree and Covalent, in conversation with Covalent co-founder Ganesh Swami. The discussion covered blockchain data indexing, data bias and manipulation in AI, long-term data availability, and developer interfaces; Odaily published a written summary on July 3.⁠[26]

On September 16, at FAT Awards 2024, hosted by Odaily and co-hosted by Bitget, Wang spoke as founder and CEO of Odaily. She recalled that the FAT brand was established in 2020 and that its name was inspired by the “Fat Protocols” concept proposed by Joel Monegro in 2016.⁠[27]

In her FAT Awards remarks, she noted ETFs bringing crypto assets into the mainstream while pointing out that the industry’s own growth momentum remained insufficient, and spoke of divisions among retail investors, venture capital firms, and trading platforms. She listed the combination of AI and crypto, DePIN, chain abstraction, and modularity among directions worth discussing.⁠[27]

On February 19, TinTinLand, 0G, and Flow held the AI Agent Summit in Hong Kong. The organizers’ recap recorded that Wang, as founder and CEO of Odaily, moderated a roundtable with Peter Nguyen of Autonomys, Igor Lessio of AiFlow.ML, Jake Choi of 0G, Kony of GAIB, and Bob Xu of Questflow, discussing practical applications of AI agents, decentralized collaboration, and transparency.⁠[28]

On February 20, the agenda for the “Build, Scale, Connect” event by [Chainlink](https://ababpedia.com/chainlink (opens in a new window)) and Ava Labs listed Wang as moderator of a BTCFi roundtable and introduced her as founder and CEO of Odaily. The guests listed for the session came from Babylon, Bitlayer, Lombard, and Solv, and the topic centered on Bitcoin financial applications.⁠[29][30]

On May 30, [OKXOKXOKX is a global digital-asset trading platform that began operating in 2017 under the name OKEx. Different regional entities provide trading, wallet, payment and related services; the global platform, OKCoin and locally licensed entities must be distinguished.Open the full entry](https://ababpedia.com/okx (opens in a new window)) released a growth-themed interview in which Wang took part as founder of Odaily. She spoke about changes in public perception of Bitcoin, institutional participation, regulation, and ETFs, advocating a rational view of its long-term allocation value while not treating it as a cure-all asset that solves every problem.⁠[31]

A guest profile from Odaily states that Wang graduated from the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University in the United States and previously worked at China Renaissance, BlueFocus, and FTChinese.com. The materials do not disclose her specific degree, graduation year, or the full start and end dates of these positions.⁠[19]

The organization’s profile lists Wang’s roles at 36Kr as senior writer, business director, and head of the blockchain channel; the 2018 report on the project’s launch explicitly stated that she had previously been responsible for 36Kr’s blockchain content. Her career extended from reporting and editing into business development and channel operations, forming the business background for founding Odaily.⁠[19][5]