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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Digitex Founder Ordered to Pay $16M to Resolve CFTC Action, Banned From Trading

The CFTC’s 2022 case – its first against a crypto futures exchange for operating illegally – ended in a default judgment against founder Adam Todd.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Analysts Can Learn Something From Baseball

Searching for crypto’s future stars among young prospects.

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Can Crypto Match the Internet and Hit 5B Users?

While early growth in both spaces has been eerily similar, don’t get too excited about crypto’s future.

(Markus Spiske/Unsplash)

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Coinbase Adds Messaging Function to Crypto Wallet

The new messaging feature will let any two Ethereum addresses talk to each other.

(Pradamas Gifarry/Unsplash)

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BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Application Takes Surveillance to the Next Level

An Information-Sharing Agreement, which appears to be absent from public spot Bitcoin ETF filings, compels a crypto exchange to share trading data up to and including personal information such as a customer’s name and address.

BlackRock HQ

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Crypto Startup Arkham Has Apparently Been Doxxing Users for Months

The company had already angered the crypto community Monday with a service that unmasks anonymous crypto users. Then came allegations it used an easy-to-decipher method for hiding customers’ email addresses.

(Jason Dent/Unsplash)

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"What Is ActivityPub?" Understanding the Social-Media Protocol Meta’s Threads Plans to Use

Meta’s launch of Threads has brought new interest in ActivityPub and how the social network protocol and the associated fediverse – including the Twitter-like Mastodon – work.

Twitter and Threads logos are displayed on a cell phone (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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"O que é ActivityPub?" Compreendendo os planos de uso dos threads do protocolo de mídia social Meta

O lançamento do Threads pela Meta trouxe um novo interesse no ActivityPub e em como o protocolo de rede social e o fediverse associado – incluindo o Mastodon, semelhante ao Twitter – funcionam.

Twitter and Threads logos are displayed on a cell phone (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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« Qu'est-ce qu'ActivityPub ? » Comprendre les plans d'utilisation des fils de discussion du protocole de médias sociaux Meta

Le lancement de Threads par Meta a suscité un nouvel intérêt pour ActivityPub et le fonctionnement du protocole de réseau social et du fediverse associé – y compris le Mastodon de type Twitter.

Twitter and Threads logos are displayed on a cell phone (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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"¿Qué es ActivityPub?" Comprender los planes de uso de los hilos del protocolo de redes sociales Meta

El lanzamiento de Threads por parte de Meta ha generado un nuevo interés en ActivityPub y en cómo funcionan el protocolo de red social y el fediverso asociado, incluido Mastodon, similar a Twitter.

Twitter and Threads logos are displayed on a cell phone (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)