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

Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart: The Bloomberg ETF Bros

The two analysts had their fingers on the pulse of one of crypto’s biggest financial stories of 2024.

(Pudgy Penguins)

Finance

Michael Saylor: The Architect of MicroStrategy’s Huge Bitcoin Bet

Most companies were leery of Saylor’s strategy when he started amassing bitcoin back in 2020. Some are no longer skeptical.

(Pudgy Penguins)

Finance

Eric Semler: Following MicroStrategy’s Lead

The chairman of Semler Scientific underscored that buying bitcoin was not just for digital asset companies.

Eric Semler Puddy Penguin (CoinDesk/Pudgy Penguins)

Finance

BlackRock's Larry Fink: Crypto’s TradFi Savior

The CEO of BlackRock helped pull the cryptocurrency industry out of its near-fatal post-FTX-collapse bear market and brought prices back to new highs.

(Pudgy Penguins)

Coindesk News

CoinDesk's Most Influential 2024

The 10th edition of our annual list reflects a momentous year for crypto.

Most Influential 2024

Finance

Bitget Mulls U.S. Entry While Awaiting Trump’s Pro-Crypto Administration

In an interview, Bitget CEO Gracy Chen surveys the geopolitics of the crypto exchange landscape, including contested territories like Nigeria, Russia and India.

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen (Bitget)

News Analysis

Did Hawk Tuah Crypto Debacle Eclipse Bitcoin's $100K Moment?

BTC's big milestone captured global headlines. So why were my friends more interested in Hawk Tuah coin?

Hawk Tuah meme star Haliey Welch broke through in a way BTC at $100,000 did not

Policy

Memecoin Factory Pump.Fun Bans U.K. Crypto Traders

Earlier this week, the U.K.'s main financial regulator warned Pump.fun was operating without permission.

Pump.fun website

Markets

Top NFT Brand Pudgy Penguins to Release PENGU Token

Pudgy Penguins is among the most popular NFT collections, and its comic penguins have a big presence on X, YouTube and Instagram.

Pudgy Penguins NFTs

Markets

Bitcoin Crashed Below $94K in Sudden Plunge From Record Perch Around $100K

BTC has been red-hot lately, taking out a milestone, but the bottom just fell out.

A skeleton in freefall