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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Finance

Solana’s SOL Spiked 15% on a Suggestive Tweet From Google Cloud

“Should we tell our followers the big news?” Google Cloud tweeted an hour before revealing what it was doing with Solana.

Google Cloud's Solana tweet (Twitter)

Finance

Divisions in Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Empire Blur on His Trading Titan Alameda’s Balance Sheet

Alameda had $14.6 billion of assets as of June 30, according to a private document CoinDesk reviewed. Much of it is the FTT token issued by FTX, another Bankman-Fried company.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

CFTC Staff Recommends Rejecting Kalshi's US Election Contracts: Bloomberg

Commissioners would still need to vote on the advice.

(Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock)

Policy

Prediction Market Kalshi Signals It Sees CFTC's Blessing for Midterm Election Bets

A countdown clock on its website ends today, indicating the service is optimistic regulators will let it offer contracts for the Nov. 8 election.

Kalshi countdown to election markets (kalshi.com)

Finance

Blockchain.com May Raise Money at Significant Discount to Previous Valuation: Bloomberg

The company was valued at $14 billion in a funding round earlier this year, but may only fetch $3 billion to $4 billion, the publication reported.

Blockchain.com founder and CEO Peter Smith (Blockchain.com)

Finance

Bloomberg's Matt Levine Writes 40,000-Word Article on Crypto

It's the only article this week in Businessweek, just the second time the magazine has been filled by a single piece.

Bloomberg columnist Matt Levine (LinkedIn)

Finance

Matt Levine de Bloomberg escribe un artículo de 40.000 palabras sobre las Cripto

Es el único artículo de esta semana en Businessweek, apenas la segunda vez que la revista se completa con una sola pieza.

Bloomberg columnist Matt Levine (LinkedIn)

Finance

Effort to Reverse SEC Rejection of Bitcoin ETF Wins Broad Crypto, TradFi Support

Regulators rebuffed Grayscale's attempt to convert its bitcoin trust into an ETF. Grayscale has powerful allies as it seeks to overturn that decision.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Esforço para reverter a rejeição da SEC ao ETF Bitcoin vence ampla criptografia e suporte TradFi

Os reguladores rejeitaram a tentativa da Grayscale de converter seu fundo de Bitcoin em um ETF. A Grayscale tem aliados poderosos na tentativa de reverter essa decisão.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

El esfuerzo para revertir el rechazo de la SEC al ETF de Bitcoin obtiene un amplio apoyo de Crypto y TradFi

Los reguladores rechazaron el intento de Grayscale de convertir su fideicomiso de Bitcoin en un ETF. Grayscale tiene aliados poderosos en su intento de revertir esa decisión.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk archives)