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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CPI Preview: Bitcoin Unlikely to Get Bullish Catalyst From July Inflation Data

Markets are already expecting the Fed to refrain from more rate hikes this year and have begun pricing in rate cuts in 2024.

The April inflation report was released Wednesday morning (JLGutierrez/Getty Images)

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Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Billions Have Rebounded Since He Exited CEO Job a Year Ago

BTC’s price is around $29,000, up from less than $23,000 when he decided in 2022 to focus on buying the cryptocurrency.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Getty Images)

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Wintermute, a Major Trader, Is a Key Player in Arkham’s Controversial Dox-to-Earn Platform

The liquidity provider just withdrew 8 million of Arkham’s ARKM token from Binance, increasing its position by 731%.

(Aaron Burden/Unsplash)

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Binance Could Face U.S. Fraud Charges, but Prosecutors Worry About Risk of Bank Run: Semafor

The price of bitcoin (BTC) and Binance's BNB token immediately fell following the report.

Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (Getty Images)

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Crypto Hedge Funds Will Shake Up the Industry: Crypto Long & Short

There are hundreds of them already in crypto, and that’s likely to go up and catalyze the industry.

(Chenyu Guan/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin Venture Capital Is Anything but Boring: Crypto Long & Short

Bitcoin Core's methodical development fuels the idea that “nothing is happening on Bitcoin,” but innovation is actually robust.

(Harry Shelton/Unsplash)

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Ethereum Juggernaut MetaMask’s Origin Story Challenged in New Lawsuit

Joel Dietz alleges Consensys never credited him for sparking the idea for MetaMask, the most important Ethereum wallet.

Joel Dietz

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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 Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Getty Images)

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This Art Exhibit Is Bringing New Life to Allen Ginsberg’s Poetry Using AI

The Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles will preview a collection of poems generated by an AI trained using Ginsberg’s literary body of work, supported by his estate.

Allen Ginsberg, photographed by William S. Burroughs in 1953 with Ginsburg’s writing in the margins. (© Allen Ginsberg; courtesy of Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles)

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Spooked by Curve Liquidation Threat, DeFi Protocols Shore Up Defenses

They’re responding to the potential systemic risk posed by Michael Egorov’s teetering financial position.

(Callum Skelton/Unsplash)