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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A New Crypto Scam Shows Perils of Elon Musk's Twitter
A purported $25 million giveaway of a token called GBTC – letters better associated with the $13 billion Grayscale Bitcoin Trust – is an obvious fake.
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Former FTX Executive Ryan Salame Will Plead Guilty to Charges: Bloomberg
Ryan Salame was co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets and handled political donations for the crypto exchange.
U.S. Court for the Southern District of New York (Dustin D.)
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)
Coinbase Creates New Crypto Lending Service Geared Toward Large Investors
Coinbase (COIN) raised $57 million for the platform as of Sept. 1, according to an SEC filing.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)
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Ether Futures ETFs Are Poised for U.S. Approval, Bloomberg Reports
They would join bitcoin futures ETFs that are already approved.
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Gemini's Cameron Winklevoss continues his war of words with DCG. (Getty Images)
Cameron Winklevoss to DCG Amid Their Crypto Lending Fight: 'Good Luck' Convincing a Jury
His Gemini crypto exchange and conglomerate Digital Currency Group are battling — in and out of court — over the failure of Gemini's Earn lending service.
Gemini's Cameron Winklevoss continues his war of words with DCG. (Getty Images)
MicroStrategy Chairman Michael Saylor (Getty Images)
Bitcoin Whale Michael Saylor Might Buy a Lot More BTC
MicroStrategy plans to sell up to $750 million of stock, possibly to acquire BTC. The price of bitcoin rose following the announcement.
MicroStrategy Chairman Michael Saylor (Getty Images)
Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert (DCG)
DCG Says It Sees Resolving Genesis Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Soon
Digital Currency Group comments on the restructuring in an investor letter.
Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert (DCG)
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Celsius Reorganization Not Affected by $4.7B Settlement With U.S., Bankrupt Crypto Lender Says
That includes customer recoveries, the company said Thursday.
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CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael Casey discussed how crypto's banking problems are downstream of the industry's image issue with Custodia Bank CEO Catlin Long, BCB Group CEO Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie and Fortress Trust Company Chief Compliance Officer Richard Booth at Consensus 2023. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
Cut the Jargon, Keep Your Promises: How Crypto Can Fix Its Image Problem
Consensus 2023 attendees argued that improving crypto's image requires a clearer explanation of digital assets and a focus on tangible, user-centric products and services
CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael Casey discussed how crypto's banking problems are downstream of the industry's image issue with Custodia Bank CEO Catlin Long, BCB Group CEO Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie and Fortress Trust Company Chief Compliance Officer Richard Booth at Consensus 2023. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
Elon Musk (Daniel Oberhaus/Flickr)
Elon Musk's Twitter, Crypto's Town Square, Has Found a New CEO
Musk didn't identify his replacement by name, but said she'll start in about six weeks.
Elon Musk (Daniel Oberhaus/Flickr)