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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JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon Bashes Crypto: 'I'd Shut It Down'

The CEO of the powerful Wall Street bank would prefer canceling crypto, though JPMorgan is using intrinsically related blockchain technology to move billions.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon sees eye-to-eye with longtime Wall Street critic Sen. Elizabeth Warren on distrusting crypto.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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BitTorrent's BTT Token Doubles in Value as Tron, on Which It's Issued, Hits 200M Users

The token is now approaching a $1 billion market cap.

BTT/USD chart (TradingView)

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Why Are Pros Craving a Spot Bitcoin ETF?

The fundamentals of investing give an answer, and the impact from BTC ETFs from the likes of BlackRock and Fidelity could be huge.

(Marc Kargel/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin and the Predictability of Crypto Market Cycles

History shows there's likely a bright year ahead for BTC's price.

(Josue Isai Ramos Figueroa/Unsplash)

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Elon Musk Halts Dogecoin Surge by Saying His AI Business Is 'Not Raising Money'

DOGE surged Tuesday after an SEC filing showed xAI had already raised $134.7 million and might seek $1 billion.

Elon Musk (Daniel Oberhaus/Flickr)

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Crypto ETP Issuer 21Shares' COO Exits

Lucy Reynolds, a former WisdomTree executive, had been with the company since 2020.

21Shares COO has left the firm (mcmurryjulie/Pixabay)

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This Bitcoin Rally Feels Different. FOMO and YOLO Seem to Be Back

BTC just touched $45,000 days after topping $40,000 for the first time since early last year – and crypto-skeptics are taking another look.

Is bitcoin going to the moon again? (NASA)

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New Binance CEO Evasive in First Marquee Interview Since Getting One of the Biggest Jobs in Crypto

Richard Teng, who just took over from founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao amid a $4.3 billion legal settlement, didn't give specific answers to simple questions asked by the moderator when asked where the exchange is headquartered or who the exchange's auditor is.

Binance CEO Richard Teng speaks in an interview at the Financial Times' Crypto and Digital Assets Summit in London. (CoinDesk/Lyllah Ledesma)

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Bitcoin ETFs Got BTC Surging, but Tumbling Interest Rates Have Helped, Too

The abrupt recent turn in expectations for Federal Reserve monetary policy has helped asset prices across the board.

Lower rates may be behind bitcoin's big move (© Eugene Mymrin)

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Ian Allison's Giant Sam Bankman-Fried Scoop Won Accolades in 2023

The CoinDesk reporter belongs in the Journalism Hall of Fame since there's little, if any, precedent for the waves his story on Alameda Research and FTX stirred up.

CoinDesk's Ian Allison (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)