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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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Gemini co-founders Tyler & Cameron Winklevoss, seen in colorful tuxedos, announced in June that they will expand their Singapore headcount to more than 100 employees, about 20% of the total worldwide staff.
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Gemini
Gemini to Open a Crypto Derivatives Platform Outside the U.S.
Gemini Foundation's first product will be a perpetual bitcoin (BTC) contract, the company said late Friday.
Gemini co-founders Tyler & Cameron Winklevoss, seen in colorful tuxedos, announced in June that they will expand their Singapore headcount to more than 100 employees, about 20% of the total worldwide staff.
By Nick Baker
Apr 21, 2023 at 11:13 p.m. UTC
Apr 21, 2023
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OPNX's Kyle Davies (left) and Su Zhu (middle) (Kyle Davies/Twitter)
Finance
Three arrows capital
Major Crypto Firms Deny Investment in Three Arrows Founders' New Exchange
Susquehanna (SIG), DRW and Nascent had been included in list of "major investors" in a Friday tweet from OPNX, the exchange.
OPNX's Kyle Davies (left) and Su Zhu (middle) (Kyle Davies/Twitter)
By Nick BakerDanny Nelson
Apr 21, 2023 at 5:16 p.m. UTC
Apr 21, 2023
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Maxime Boonen, co-founder of B2C2 and PV01 (PV01)
Finance
Tokenized assets
Crypto Trading Legend’s Next Move Is Bringing U.S. Treasurys to Blockchains, With Plans for Corporate Bonds, Too
PV01, which launched last month, is using blockchain technology to target long-standing issues in debt capital markets.
Maxime Boonen, co-founder of B2C2 and PV01 (PV01)
By Brandy BetzNick Baker
Apr 21, 2023 at 12:26 p.m. UTC
Apr 21, 2023
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Technology
Opinion
What ChatGPT Thinks About Digital Assets
Todd Groth of CoinDesk Indices quizzes ChatGPT about crypto and then explores how that might factor into an investment opinion.
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By Todd Groth, CFANick Baker
Apr 19, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 19, 2023
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Markets
Crypto long & short
A Technical Analyst’s Take on Crypto
Though derided by some, technical analysis provides a graphical representation of investor behavior and helps traders make unemotional decisions, according to CoinDesk Crypto...
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By Glenn WilliamsNick Baker
Apr 12, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 12, 2023
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Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss (TechCrunch/Wikimedia)
Finance
Gemini
Winklevoss Twins Lent Their Crypto Platform Gemini $100M: Bloomberg
The brothers had tried to get outside investment, Bloomberg said.
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss (TechCrunch/Wikimedia)
By Nick Baker
Apr 10, 2023 at 7:32 p.m. UTC
Apr 10, 2023
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Twitter
Dogecoin Drops After Elon Musk's Twitter Stops Using Its Dog Logo
DOGE surged on April 3 after Elon Musk's social-media company inexplicably removed its blue bird logo, replacing it with dogecoin's mascot.
Twitter's temporary logo (Twitter)
By Nick Baker
Apr 6, 2023 at 9:02 p.m. UTC
Apr 6, 2023
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Markets
Crypto long & short
Crypto Investors: Why You Need to Understand Layer 1 Protocols
There’s value in crypto, especially layer 1 protocols, even if regulators and politicians don’t dig enough to see it.
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By Glenn WilliamsNick Baker
Apr 5, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 5, 2023
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Changpeng Zhao (CoinDesk)
Policy
Binance
Binance's BNB, Bitcoin Tumble After Crypto Twitter Personality Cobie's Wild Guess
@cobie's encrypted message read: "Interpol Red Notice for CZ," Binance's CEO. After someone cracked the code, the post spooked markets, even though it was just a rumor.
Changpeng Zhao (CoinDesk)
By Stephen AlpherTracy WangNick Baker
Apr 3, 2023 at 8:51 p.m. UTC
Apr 3, 2023
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Markets
Opinion
Cryptos Gained in Q1 Despite Weakened Asset Class Perceptions
Glenn Williams Jr. discusses the confounding first quarter, which delivered massive gains to crypto investors even as the industry’s prospects appeared to worsen.
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By Glenn WilliamsNick Baker
Mar 29, 2023 at 4:23 p.m. UTC
Mar 29, 2023
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