Anna Baydakova

Investigative Reporter

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.

Latest from Anna Baydakova

Markets

BlockFi Is Now Paying Interest on $53 Million of Crypto Deposits

BlockFi has gathered another $18 million of bitcoin and ether deposits since last month, bringing its total interest-earning accounts to $53 million.

Apr 23, 2019

Markets

Crypto Custodian BitGo One-Ups Gemini With Advanced Security Exam

BitGo has passed an advanced security review by an outside monitor, claiming to be the first crypto firm to receive this level of certification.

Apr 23, 2019

Markets

Overstock's tZERO Token Market Misses Closing Date for $100 Million Raise

Overstock’s tZERO security token trading platform has once again failed to close on a capital injection by the targeted date.

Apr 18, 2019

Markets

Kraken Exchange Joins Binance, ShapeShift in Delisting Bitcoin SV

Kraken is the latest crypto exchange to delist bitcoin SV amid an ongoing feud between coin creator Craig Wright and members of the bitcoin community.

Apr 16, 2019

Markets

Auditor EY Unveils Nightfall, An Ambitious Bid to Bring Business to Ethereum

Big Four auditor EY is rolling out free software designed to help companies use the public ethereum blockchain.

Apr 16, 2019

Image of Paul Brody by Marc Hochstein for CoinDesk

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Pennsylvania's State-Backed VC Firm Is Tokenizing an Investment Fund

Ben Franklin Technology Partners, a Pennsylvania-funded VC provider, is tokenizing shares in one of its funds.

Apr 11, 2019

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Digital Asset Is Writing Code to Help ISDA Standardize Derivatives Data

Digital Asset is developing software to ease adoption of derivatives group ISDA's potentially cost-slashing data standards.

Apr 10, 2019

Image of Digital Asset's CTO Shaul Kfir via CoinDesk Archives

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Bitfinex Drops Minimum Balance to Trade on Crypto Exchange

Bitfinex has removed its $10,000 minimum equity requirement to start trading on the cryptocurrency exchange.

Apr 9, 2019

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Hold-It-Yourself Crypto Exchange LGO to Roll Out Hardware Wallet in Q2

Non-custodial exchange LGO Markets has built its own hardware storage device and will also offer multi-signature wallets through BitGo.

Apr 9, 2019

Image of Hugo Renaudin by Anna Baydakova for CoinDesk

Markets

Coinbase Pro Lists EOS, Augur's REP and MakerDAO's MKR Tokens

EOS, MKR and REP will become fully available for trading sometime Tuesday on Coinbase's professional platform.

Apr 8, 2019

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