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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Robinhood and Jump Trading No Longer Have Crypto Partnership: Source

The retail broker’s entry into crypto several years ago was powered by Jump Trading, which is a giant in traditional financial markets.

Jump Crypto President Kanav Kariya (Danny Nelson)

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SEC's Secret Binance Court Filing Has Observers Bracing for Bad News

The Securities and Exchange Commission late Monday filed a sealed motion in its case against Binance that includes more than 35 exhibits.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)

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Yearn Finance Voters to Wintermute: Drop Dead

One of the biggest market makers in crypto is having trouble getting nearly free money out of Yearn Finance.

Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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SUI and HBAR Slump Ahead of Latest Crypto Token Unlocks

Both protocols have seen their tokens drop more than ether in daily trading as the next unlocks inch closer.

Crypto Unlock

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SEC Issues First Enforcement Action Targeting NFTs

The agency ruled Impact Theory’s NFTs were sold as unregistered securities.

(Getty Images)

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U.S. Crypto Tax Proposal Lets Miners Off the Hook, Snares ‘Some’ Decentralized Exchanges

The IRS is finally proposing rules for crypto tax reporting, giving the industry its own 1099 form and declaring digital asset miners safe from the future requirements.

U.S. Treasury Building (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Weird PEPE Transfers Spook Crypto Investors and Prompt Meme Coin's 15% Plunge

On-chain sleuths noted troubling changes to the oversight of a key wallet.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Coinbase Is Talking With Canadian Banking Giants to Promote Crypto

The U.S.-based crypto exchange started operations in Canada earlier this month as part of its international expansion amid a regulatory crackdown in its home country.

Coinbase (COIN) reports fourth quarter earnings on Thursday and is expected to post strong numbers as trading volume picked up in the last few months of the year. (Piggybank/Unsplash)

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Nvidia's Make-or-Break Earnings Could Be Huge for AI-Tied Crypto Tokens

Tokens such as FET as well as shares of cryptocurrency miners could move after the giant chipmaker's earnings.

robot hand holding dollar bills

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‘We’ve Seen Enough’: Battered Bitcoin at $26K Can’t Stay Down Much Longer, Pantera’s Morehead Says

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will be heard from later this week about the possible future direction of U.S. central bank policy.

Pantera CEO Dan Morehead (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)