Nick Baker

Deputy Editor-in-Chief

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.

Latest from Nick Baker

Finanza

Staking Provider P2P Launches Staking-as-a-Business for Institutions

The platform also recently surpassed $7.4 billion in total value locked, or TVL.

Apr 10, 2024

Finanza

Hong Kong-Based First Digital's $3B Stablecoin Arrives to Sui Network in DeFi Push

FDUSD has quickly become the fourth-largest stablecoin since its launch last year under Hong Kong's digital asset regulations, benefitting from crypto exchange giant Binance's trading promotion.

Apr 10, 2024

Politiche

Is the Sam Bankman-Fried Story Over?

He was sentenced last month. What did we learn?

Apr 10, 2024

Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finanza

VanEck CEO Says Transaction Fee Is Bigger Story Than Bitcoin or Ethereum ETFs

Jan Van Eck told CoinDesk TV's Jen Sanasie that not hearing back from the SEC is a sign that ETH exchange-traded funds likely wont make the May deadline.

Apr 9, 2024

Even as ETFs capture attention, Jan van Eck is focused on gas fees. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk.)

Politiche

Lummis: Crypto Will Erupt as Big Issue in Senate Races Including Banking Chair Brown's

Sen. Cynthia Lummis said there's an effort underway to ensure Republicans trying to take seats from Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee are versed in crypto advocacy.

Apr 9, 2024

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) is one of the lawmakers asking for more information after the SEC's X account was compromised on Tuesday. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Politiche

Key Congressman McHenry Is Bullish U.S. Stablecoin Law Will Pass This Year

The window is narrowing for legislation to set up rules for stablecoin issuers in 2024, but the retiring chairman of the House Financial Services Committee says it can be done.

Apr 9, 2024

U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry says the stablecoin legislative debate is still moving forward this year. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finanza

OKX’s Global Compliance Chief Left After Six Months

Patrick Donegan, whose LinkedIn profile says he managed a team of 300 people around the world, was at OKX from August 2023 to January 2024.

Mar 28, 2024

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Politiche

Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

The former FTX CEO was convicted of seven counts of fraud and conspiracy in November, a year after the once-giant cryptocurrency exchange collapsed.

Mar 28, 2024

Sam Bankman-Fried, middle, walks into court on Aug. 11, 2023. (Victor Chen/CoinDesk)

Mercati

Ethena, a $1.3B Yield-Earning Protocol, to Debut Governance Token Next Week

The DeFi protocol, which generates yield from ether derivative funding rates, is set to airdrop 750 million ENA tokens, 5% of the total supply.

Mar 27, 2024

Ethena's governance token ENA (Ethena Labs)

Mercati

BlackRock's Tokenized Fund Quickly Rakes in $245M, Right Behind Franklin Templeton's Older Offering

The tokenized U.S. Treasury market is poised to reach $1 billion "very soon" given the growth of BlackRock's BUIDL, an analyst noted.

Mar 27, 2024

Larry Fink (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

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