Anna Baydakova

Anna writes about blockchain projects and regulation with a special focus on Eastern Europe and Russia. She is especially excited about stories on privacy, cybercrime, sanctions policies and censorship resistance of decentralized technologies.
She graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University and the Higher School of Economics in Russia and got her Master's degree at Columbia Journalism School in New York City.
She joined CoinDesk after years of writing for various Russian media, including the leading political outlet Novaya Gazeta.
Anna owns BTC and an NFT of sentimental value.

Anna Baydakova

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Finance

Hodl Hodl Explains August Security Issues, Puts Lending on Hold

The peer-to-peer bitcoin lending platform is closed for new deals until the planned relaunch in September.

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Finance

Eastern Europe Received Over $1B of Illicit Crypto in a Year: Chainalysis

The region is second highest for cryptocurrency scams, behind only Western Europe, a report says.

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Finance

Crystal Offers Free Version of Its Blockchain-Sleuthing Software

The first retail version of a professional blockchain analytics tool on the market will be more limited in what it can do than Crystal’s paid product.

"Every cryptocurrency user wants to be able to understand more about the funds they are about to accept," says Crystal Blockchain's CEO. (George Prentzas / Unsplash)

Policy

Slovenia Financial Agency Proposes New 10% Crypto Tax

The measure is supposed to make cryptocurrency-related tax reporting easier.

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Tech

Money Trail From Liquid Exchange Hack Points to Wasabi Privacy Wallets

Hackers are using Wasabi wallets to launder BTC stolen from Liquid or received in exchange for other stolen cryptos, according to Crystal Blockchain.

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Finance

Liquid Exchange Hacker Covers Tracks by Sending $20M to ETH Mixer

Other portions of the stolen $90 million have ended up at Uniswap, Huobi, Binance and Poloniex, blockchain data shows.

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