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

Trump Family Members Hacked to Promote Apparent Crypto Scam

The incident comes hours after CoinDesk revealed details of the crypto project the Trump family has recently touted.

Lara Trump's X account was hacked to promote an apparent crypto scam. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Finance

Inside the Trump Crypto Project Linked to a $2M DeFi Hack and Former Pick-Up Artist

Four team members listed in World Liberty Financial's white paper previously worked on Dough Finance, which was drained of $2 million in July. One also founded Date Hotter Girls LLC.

Donald Trump, center, pictured with sons Eric Trump, left, and Donald Trump Jr. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Finance

Elon Musk's X Is Reportedly Now Banned in Brazil Following Judge's Ruling

Use of a VPN to circumvent the prohibition could lead to hefty fines, according to media reports.

Elon Musk (Richard Bord/WireImage)

Finance

Trump's New Crypto Business to Offer Access to 'High-Yield' Investments, Website Says

World Liberty Financial is "the only crypto DeFi platform supported by Donald J. Trump," according to homepage metadata.

Donald Trump at Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Trump Keeps Teasing His New Crypto Project, but Details Remain Scant

There have been hints it will involve DeFi.

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump (Emily Elconin/Getty Images)

Tech

Bitcoin Layer-2 Network Stacks Begins Nakamoto Upgrade

Nakamoto could boost transaction speeds on Stacks and open the door for smart contracts using Bitcoin as a base layer.

(CoinDesk TV)

Tech

Telegram-Linked TON Blockchain Suffers Second Outage

Once again, the DOGS token is gumming up the works.

Dogs in a box

Policy

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Indicted on 'Complicity,' Refusal to Communicate Charges in French Court

The head of the popular social-media and messaging platform was arrested on Saturday as part of an investigation into money laundering, drug trafficking, child pornography and non-cooperation with law enforcement crimes.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov (TechCrunch Disrupt Europe/Creative Commons)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Falls Below $59K Amid Broad Market Rout; Ether Slumps Almost 10%

Bitcoin hit the lowest price since Aug. 19. It was not immediately clear what sparked the sell-off.

Bitcoin dove late Tuesday. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Mining Is So Rough a Miner Adopted Michael Saylor's Successful BTC Strategy

Marathon Digital sold bonds to fund bitcoin purchases, following the route Saylor's MicroStrategy has taken to big stock market gains, as mining profits dwindle.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, left, and Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)