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. He owns more than $1,000 of BTC and SOL.

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Markets

A Wild Few Minutes Drive Bitcoin Above $35,000 as ETF Excitement Starts to Thaw the Crypto Winter

BTC hasn't seen these lofty levels since May 2022, when the cryptocurrency industry was just starting to get pummeled by scandals.

(Clay Banks/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Traders Suffer Over $100M of Short Liquidations as Bitcoin Hits 3-Month High Over $31K

BTC surged past $31,000 and other cryptocurrency prices soared sharply Monday, too, taking many leveraged traders by surprise.

Crypto liquidations over the past 24 hours (CoinGlass)

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $35K, Hitting 16-Month High; Options Positioning Suggests Price Has Further to Run

Traders have gotten very optimistic that a bitcoin ETF will get approved in the U.S.

(Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin Mining Stocks Rally as BTC Holds Above $30K Despite Looming Halving Concerns

The reward for mining new BTC will be cut in half soon, making it hard for less-efficient operators to survive.

Credit: Shutterstock

Policy

Judge Kaplan's Ire Hits All Lawyers in the Sam Bankman-Fried Case

“This is a joke," the judge told the attorneys after a bizarre bit of testimony.

SBF Trial Newsletter Graphic

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Marathon to Custody Some of Its BTC With Fidelity Digital

The miner is adding Fidelity to diversify its bitcoin (BTC) custody.

(Pixabay)

Policy

Top U.S. Bank Regulator Faulted for Lack of Crypto Guidance to Banks

The FDIC's watchdog concluded the agency has been lax in figuring out how to guide U.S. bankers on crypto matters, and it called for a new strategy by January.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

The Death of Compromise, and a Way Forward for Crypto

Lessons for TradFi and DeFi from some toppled LEGO.

(Amélie Mourichon/Unsplash)

Markets

Investment as a Service: Table Stakes for the Next Crypto Cycle

It’s no longer enough for crypto exchanges to simply facilitate buying and selling cryptocurrency.

(Riho Kroll/Unsplash)

Policy

‘Oh, Yes’: Accounting Prof Says Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX Definitely Mishandled Customers' Money

For starters, customer funds were behind a majority of FTX’s investment into Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Capital, Peter Easton testifies.

Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO, FTX and Christine Lee, Lead Anchor, CoinDesk