Anna Baydakova

Anna writes about blockchain projects and regulation with a special focus on Eastern Europe and Russia. She is especially excited about stories on privacy, cybercrime, sanctions policies and censorship resistance of decentralized technologies.
She graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University and the Higher School of Economics in Russia and got her Master's degree at Columbia Journalism School in New York City.
She joined CoinDesk after years of writing for various Russian media, including the leading political outlet Novaya Gazeta.
Anna owns BTC and an NFT of sentimental value.

Anna Baydakova

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Finance

LinkedIn Says Blockchain Is Top Skill for 2020

Blockchain is listed as the number one “hard skill” for 2020 in a new report compiled by jobs site LinkedIn.

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Markets

Kraken Futures to Expand Into Russia After New Hire

Kraken Futures is ramping up its Russian expansion with the hiring of a new representative, ICBIT founder Aleksey Bragin.

Aleksey Bragin, representative for Kraken Futures in Russia

Policy

SEC Produces Evidence That Telegram Kept Selling Tokens After $1.7B ICO

The SEC produced evidence that Telegram kept selling tokens after its ICO, undermining the firm's argument that the sale was exempt from registration.

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Finance

A Russian Nuclear Plant Is Renting Space to Energy-Hungry Bitcoin Miners

A state-owned nuclear power plant in Russia may soon fuel a bitcoin mining hub.

Sergei Nemchenkov, the head of data centers and digital products at Rosenergoatom / Anna Baydakova for CoinDesk

Policy

Telegram Tries to 'Clarify' Gram Crypto Project Amid Ongoing SEC Fight

Telegram will not integrate a crypto wallet into its messaging app, at least until it gets the green light from U.S. regulators, the company said Monday on its official website.

Image via Shutterstock

Markets

Korea's Tax Agency to Withhold $70M From Crypto Exchange Bithumb

South Korea's National Tax Service will withhold tax worth $70 million from the country's largest crypto exchange Bithumb.

Korean won and bitcoin

Markets

Bomb Threats Demanding Bitcoin Force Evacuations Across Russia

Someone has been sending bomb threats across Russia for a month, demanding $870,000 worth of bitcoin supposedly stolen from the defunct cryptocurrency exchange WEX.

Russian policeman, image via Shutterstock

Finance

Russia's Largest Darknet Market Is Hawking an ICO to Fund Global Expansion

Here’s one token sale that’s almost certainly illegal, and not just under securities laws.

Cocaine powder image via U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency/Wikimedia Commons

Finance

Russia's Power Grid Company Tests Blockchain for Power Meter Data

Russia’s national power grid company Rosseti is testing a system for electricity bill payments based on a distributed ledger by Waves.

power, lines

Markets

US Judge Orders UK Court to Depose Telegram's Advisor About Token Sale

U.S. District Court Judge P. Kevin Castel in New York signed an order to Britain's High Court to depose John Hyman, Telegram's chief investment officer.

UK High Court of Justice, image via Shutterstock