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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金融

As Multichain Wobbles, Some Fantom-Based DeFi Projects Flee Bridged Tokens

The actions showcase how Multichain’s faltering infrastructure and AWOL CEO are sending shockwaves through Fantom, the blockchain most heavily dependent on Multichain’s bridges.

Bridge (Alex Azabache/Unsplash)

金融

Washington Ignored Crypto for Now. That’s Good for Bitcoin.

A huge tax on BTC miners didn’t make it into a deal to resolve the battle, and a separate provision might actually (unintentionally) help them.

President Joe Biden(Getty Images)

市场

Sell Crypto Volatility in May, and Go Away?

The recent calm in bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) should not lull market participants into a false sense of security.

Roller coaster ride for bitcoin on Monday (Getty Images)

科技

5 Years After the $500K Ethereum Wager Between Joe Lubin and Jimmy Song, Who Won?

The wager made at Consensus 2018 between the two blockchain eminences hinged on how far Ethereum adoption would get by now. Crypto analysts say the network appears to have met a key threshold, or at least gotten very close.

From the left, Joe Lubin, Jimmy Song, and Brady Dale. (CoinDesk)

Consensus 杂志

CoinDesk at 10: The Ghost of Libra Lives On

Facebook’s ambitious 2019 stablecoin project never went live. But it sure left a lasting impression. This feature is part of our CoinDesk Turns 10 series looking at the biggest stories in crypto history.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies about the Libra (Diem) project before the House Financial Services Committee on October 23, 2019. The hearings helped expose just how shallow Facebook's first claims of "decentralization" were. Now, with Threads, they're trying again. (Getty Images)

金融

Nvidia's Blockbuster Outlook Reminds Bitcoin Miners to Give AI a Look

Some BTC miners might find non-mining AI applications too tantalizing to pass up.

Mining rig (Getty Images)

市场

Crypto’s Quirky Automated Market Makers and How They Differ From TradFi Exchanges

Crypto exchanges have order books just like the NYSE, but the digital asset realm also offers something very different known as automated market makers (AMMs).

An exchange trading floor (Getty Images/modified by CoinDesk)

市场

AI Can Generate a Trading Edge in Crypto Markets

Large language models like ChatGPT could supercharge sentiment analysis, a key aspect of trading.

(Michael Dziedzic/Unsplash)

市场

Voltz Protocol Brings a Wall Street Rates Stalwart to DeFi

SOFR – which Voltz’s new product is tied to through the Avalanche blockchain – is used to set interest rates on TradFi loans, bonds and other products in the U.S.

(Sophie Backes, Unsplash)

市场

'Chinese Ethereum’ Conflux Draws Spotlight as Hong Kong Welcomes Retail Traders

CFX tokens initially spiked in price after Hong Kong’s decision on retail investors, which some say could lure capital from Chinese investors.

Hong Kong (anuchit kamsongmueang/Getty Images)