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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Consensus Magazine

Jenny Johnson Has 76-Year-Old Franklin Templeton Learning Blockchain Tricks

The $1.33 trillion asset manager was viewed as old-fashioned, but its CEO is at the forefront of Wall Street's embrace of bitcoin ETFs and crypto technology.

Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

Mercados

Elon Musk-Inspired 'Go F--K Yourself,' Cybertruck Tokens Surge Among Microcap Punters

Tokens like GFY, TRUCK and GROK tied to Musk's products and recent statements have popped up on Ethereum and other blockchains.

(Steve Jurvetson/Wikimedia Commons)

Regulación

Republicans' Leadership Squabbles Delayed U.S. Crypto Bills Until 2024, Key Lawmakers Say

Republican Rep. French Hill and Democrat Rep. Jim Himes see potential future floor votes for crypto bills being key to convincing the Democrat-controlled Senate to play ball.

U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry got tied up as temporary Speaker of the House, distracting him from crypto legislation. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finanzas

Polygon Gave DraftKings Multimillion-Dollar Edge in Special Staking Relationship

Blockchain data shows the crypto project quietly gave DraftKings preferential treatment while telling the public it was an "equal" member of the validator community.

(Photo illustration by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Tecnología

Celo Developer Proposes Mid-January Timeline for Evaluating Closely Watched Layer-2 Move

With hot competition between layer-2 technology providers like Optimism, Polygon and Matter Labs, Celo's choice is being closely watched by the blockchain industry.

A Celo-sponsored claw machine where attendees could win merchandise items. (Lyllah Ledesma/CoinDesk)

Regulación

U.S. Treasury Campaigning for Amplified Powers to Chase Crypto Overseas

A top official has asked members of Congress for new laws to extend the Treasury's crypto reach beyond its existing enforcement and sanctions abilities.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo has campaigned Congress to provide new authorities to oversee crypto outside the U.S.  (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finanzas

Binance Will Cease Support for Its BUSD Stablecoin on Dec. 15

The exchange announced earlier this year that it would “gradually” end support for the stablecoin.

Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.

Finanzas

Digital Finance Firm SoFi Hands Its Crypto Business to Blockchain.com

Blockchain.com President Lane Kasselman said in an interview that his firm’s SoFi partnership equates to hundreds of thousands of users and hundreds of millions of dollars.

SoFi (Shutterstock)

Regulación

Crypto Mixer Sanctioned by U.S. Treasury for North Korea Allegations, as FBI, Dutch and Finnish Police Seize Website

Sinbad was used to launder stolen crypto assets, according to the Treasury.

Sinbad's website says it was seized by the FBI alongside the Dutch Financial Intelligence and Investigation Service and Finnish National Bureau of Investigation. (Sinbad.io)

Finanzas

Coinbase Is Dominating a Key Bitcoin ETF Service

Brian Armstrong's exchange is way ahead in being the custodian for ETF applications, and a famous name in custody, BitGo, has been missing from the conversation.

Coinbase CEO Brian Amstrong and BitGo CEO Mike Belshe (CoinDesk)