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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Bitcoin Instantly Topped Silver in ETF Market and Trails Only Gold Among Commodities

The newly launched bitcoin exchange-traded funds already have nearly $30 billion in assets under management. Silver ETFs only have $11 billion.

Bitcoin ETFs had more assets than silver ETFs the instant the SEC approved them last week. (Scottsdale Mint/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin Plunges Below $41K as 'Sell the Bitcoin ETF News' Wins the Day

Large inflows in the new spot bitcoin ETFs have been sizably offset by outflows from not just from GBTC but other global bitcoin-related ETPs.

Bitcoin prices fell further on Thursday (Chris Liverani/Unsplash)

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Donald Trump's NFTs Have Limits Normal Ones Don't

Buyers of these Bitcoin ordinals can't trade them for almost a year.

Donald Trump pitching his NFTs (CollectTrumpCards.com)

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Sui Teams Up With Oracle Stork to Provide Builders With Fast Pricing Data

Stork is an oracle purpose-built for the rigors of ultra-low-latency trading.

(Marc-Olivier Jodoin/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin ETF Net Inflows Near $1B After Three Days

Total assets grew even as Grayscale's GBTC saw sizable outflows as investors cash in following its conversion to a spot ETF.

Bitcoin ETF net inflows approach $1B (Shutterstock)

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dYdX Tops Uniswap as Largest DEX by Volume

The decentralized exchange, which last year moved over to the Cosmos blockchain, just saw $757 million of volume over a 24-hour period.

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'The Dow' for Crypto Markets? New CoinDesk 20 Index Underpins Futures Contracts at Bullish

Perpetual futures based on the index at crypto exchange Bullish, which owns CoinDesk, could help the CoinDesk 20 become a widely followed benchmark akin to the 128-year-old Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Bullish, run by former NYSE President Tom Farley, offers futures contracts based on the CoinDesk 20 (Matthew Eisman/Getty Images)

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BTC Tumbles Below $42K, Coinbase and Miners Plunge as Bitcoin ETF Mania Becomes 'Sell the News' Rout

Previous landmark events such as Coinbase's stock exchange listing and ProShares' futures-based bitcoin ETF debut happened near market tops.

Bitcoin price Jan. 12, 2024 (CoinDesk)

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Bitwise, Fidelity See Biggest Bitcoin ETF Inflow, Grayscale Loses Only $95M in Early Tally

BlackRock's IBIT saw the third-biggest inflow, though the data might be incomplete, analysts pointed out.

(Noah Silliman/Unsplash)

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UBS and Citi Will Let Some Customers Trade Bitcoin ETFs, Contrary to Rumors

The banking giants' decisions contrast with Vanguard's decision to bar customers from buying bitcoin ETFs.

UBS logo (Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash)