Nick Baker

Nick Baker

Nick Baker is CoinDesk's deputy editor-in-chief. He won a Loeb Award for editing CoinDesk's coverage of FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried, including Ian Allison's scoop that caused SBF's empire to collapse. Before joining in 2022, he worked at Bloomberg News for 16 years as a reporter, editor and manager. Previously, he was a reporter at Dow Jones Newswires, wrote for The Wall Street Journal and earned a journalism degree from Ohio University. His crypto holdings are below CoinDesk's $1,000 disclosure threshold.

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Jump Crypto ex-President Kanav Kariya (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Jump's Kariya, Who Went From Intern to Crypto Leader, Is Leaving Trading Giant
The Wormhole hack and Terra/Luna blowup happened while he ran Jump's crypto operation.
Jump Crypto ex-President Kanav Kariya (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., independent U.S. presidential candidate, speaks at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk. (CoinDesk/Shutterstock/Suzanne Cordiero)
RFK Jr. Says Guilty Verdict May Help Trump's Election Prospects
The independent presidential candidate spoke Thursday at Consensus 2024 in Austin, Texas.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., independent U.S. presidential candidate, speaks at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk. (CoinDesk/Shutterstock/Suzanne Cordiero)
Trump arrives at an NFT dinner in May 2024. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
TRUMP Token Sinks After Former U.S. President Is Found Guilty in New York
TRUMP dropped 35%, while Jeo Boden surged 20% in the aftermath.
Trump arrives at an NFT dinner in May 2024. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
GameStop's stock soared – intermittently – on Monday. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
GameStop's Halting Rally Has Crypto Howling
The U.S. stock market has circuit breakers that halt shares sometimes as a safeguard. That's funny to crypto folks.
GameStop's stock soared – intermittently – on Monday. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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Restaking Is Hot in Ethereum and Entering Solana. Should We Worry?
The Lehman Brothers-driven global financial crisis of 2008 showed the danger of spreading money around too much.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Pro-Crypto Presidential Candidiate, to Appear at Consensus 2024
"As an environmental lawyer, scion of a Democratic political dynasty, and now maverick presidential candidate, Kennedy will explain his support for cryptocurrency and self-cus...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
Grayscale ad (Grayscale)
Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF Sees First Inflow After Billions Lost Since January
GBTC, the biggest spot bitcoin ETF, has seen its assets under management lead over BlackRock's IBIT shrink.
Grayscale ad (Grayscale)
Michael Lewis (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk, modifed)
As CZ Gets His Sentence, Michael Lewis Should Rewatch 'Star Wars'
He likened FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried to Luke Skywalker and Binance's Changpeng Zhao to Darth Vader. Federal judges saw it differently.
Michael Lewis (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk, modifed)
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Crypto-Skeptic Sen. Sherrod Brown Is Open to Advancing Stablecoin Legislation, Bloomberg Reports
In the House, Rep. Patrick McHenry recently said he remained optimistic about getting a U.S. stablecoin law passed.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Blast stops producing blocks after Dencun (Md Riduwan Molla/Unsplash)
Blast Blockchain Locks Up Amid Ethereum's Dencun Upgrade
Its mainnet stopped producing blocks around the time of the Ethereum overhaul.
Blast stops producing blocks after Dencun (Md Riduwan Molla/Unsplash)