Nick Baker

Nick Baker was 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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Investing in 'Gold' – Via Bitcoin – Is Cheaper Than Ever

All but one of the recently launched spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) charge a lower fee than the largest gold ETF, making them a cheaper investment into a gold-like asset.

All but one of the recently launched spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) charge a lower fee than the largest gold ETF, making them a cheaper investment into a gold-like asset. (Unsplash)

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Prometheum, the Only U.S.-Registered Crypto Platform, Picks Ether as Its First Product

The much-debated crypto broker says it's poised to start its SEC-compliant custody with ETH, then will soon add other names and begin a trading operation within months.

Co-CEO Aaron Kaplan's Prometheum is planning to start its crypto custody business with Ethereum's ETH. (Screen capture/U.S. House Financial Services Committee)

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Treasury Secretary Yellen Says U.S. Needs Better Stablecoin Regulation

"A federal regulator should have the ability to decide if a stablecoin issuer should be barred from issuing such an asset," she told lawmakers on Tuesday.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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MetaMask Deal With Robinhood Broadens Crypto Access

On-ramps like the one used in this partnership are a key piece of infrastructure serving as a bridge between traditional banking rails and blockchain-based crypto economy.

Robinhood app on a smartphone (Shutterstock)

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Solana Back Up Following Major 5-Hour Outage

The blockchain freeze triggered a drop in Solana's SOL token, though it rebounded.

Solana's offices in New York (Danny Nelson)

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Solana's Most-Notorious Hacker House Is Bigger Than Ever

This year's mtnDAO is flush with cash and short on monitors.

mtnDAO host Barrett (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Multicoin Capital Is in Talks to Sell Roughly $100M FTX Bankruptcy Claim: Source

Positive news around the FTX bankruptcy has seen claims being sold for upward of 70 cents on the dollar, now climbing towards the eighties.

Multicoin Managing Partner Kyle Samani (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Warning! Scammers Are Pretending to Be CoinDesk Journalists on Social Media

Real CoinDesk journalists don't ask for money. Also, please be wary of links sent from people claiming to work for us.

Elvis impersonators (Perry Knotts/Getty Images)

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FTX Hack Mystery Possibly Solved: U.S. Charges Trio With Theft, Including Infamous Attack on Crypto Exchange

The federal indictment doesn't identify Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX as the pilfered company, but Bloomberg reported that's who it was.

FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried exiting a federal courthouse in New York last year. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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U.S. Lawmakers Seek to Overturn SEC's Crypto Accounting Policy

Sen. Lummis and members of the House are pushing to repeal the SEC's Staff Accounting Bulletin 121, an effort that makes it harder for companies to custody crypto.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler in Washington on Oct. 25, 2023 (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)