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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Финансы

BlackRock's Fink Says an Ether ETF Is Possible Even if ETH Is a Security

The BlackRock CEO isn't worried about the U.S. Securities and Exchange classifying Ethereum's ether as a security.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Финансы

Crypto Stocks Like MicroStrategy, Coinbase Could Shoot Up if Short Sellers Exit

They are "very squeezable" due to short sellers' large positions, according to a report by data analytics firm S3 Partners.

Heavily shorted crypto stocks like MicroStrategy could be poised to shoot up. (Mediamodifier/Pixabay)

Политика

Coinbase Loses Most of Motion to Dismiss SEC Lawsuit

A judge ruled that the SEC made a plausible argument that Coinbase is operating as an unregistered broker, exchange and clearinghouse.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong speaks at a political rally hosted by Stand With Crypto. (screenshot from Coinbase video)

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Amid Giant Crypto Rally, Hopes for Another DeFi Summer Soar

Since the approval of spot bitcoin ETFs in January, DeFi looks ascendant, triggering memories of 2020, aka DeFi Summer, when the space bustled with activity.

DeFi yields (DefiLlama)

Политика

Crypto Chip Company Katena Wins Lawsuit Filed by Bitcoin Miner Coinmint

An arbitration panel ruled that Katena didn't mislead or deceive Coinmint, awarding the chipmaker $14 million.

ASIC Miners (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Финансы

Diamonds Arrive on a Blockchain With New Tokenized Fund on Avalanche Network

The tokenization of real-world assets – or placing traditional assets onto blockchain rails – is a growing trend in crypto with global financial giants entering the space.

Diamonds (Edgar Soto/Unsplash)

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OKX Quietly Settled Regulatory 'Failings' With Malta Financial Services Authority

The 304,000 euro ($329,000) “goodwill” settlement with MFSA related to OKX’s Okcoin Europe subsidiary.

Malta (Nick Fewings / Unsplash)

Политика

Binance Is Having an Odd Time

Regulatory crackdowns, and possibly whatever is happening in Nigeria.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Политика

FTX to Sell $884M of Anthropic Shares to Two Dozen Institutional Investors

The value of FTX's FTT token surged 10% on the news.

Sam Bankman-Fried, right, outside court in July 2023. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Рынки

Bitcoin Tops $67K on Dovish Fed Remarks; Ether Rebounds From SEC Fears, DOGE Soars

Fed policymakers maintained their outlook for three rate cuts by the end of the year, alleviating market concern of a more hawkish stance.

Bitcoin price on March 20 (CoinDesk)