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.

Nick Baker

Latest from Nick Baker


Markets

Chainlink’s LINK Soars, Outperforming Other Crypto Majors

The uptick comes as the company has secured a number of notable partnerships with traditional finance institutions.

(CoinDesk)

Policy

Binance Is Supposedly Separate From Crypto Custodian Ceffu. The SEC Has Questions

As regulators prepare to square off with one of the world’s biggest crypto exchanges in court, Ceffu has denied any ties to Binance or U.S. operations. The reality is murkier.

CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Gemini Blasts DCG and Genesis Bankruptcy Plan, Calling It ‘Misleading at Best’

Under the plan, Gemini creditors would receive a “fraction” of the money they are owed, Gemini’s lawyers said.

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2015 (TechCrunch/Wikimedia)

Tech

Coinbase Earned $1M Amid Hack, but Hasn't Reimbursed Victims

Coinbase received 570 ETH, the second-largest payout tied to MEV in Ethereum’s history, to process transactions related to the Curve exploit.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)

Finance

Genesis Has Ceased All Crypto Trading Services: Spokesperson

Company was hit hard by the collapses of Three Arrows Capital and FTX.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Phishing Attack on Cloud Provider With Fortune 500 Clients Led to $15M Crypto Theft From Fortress Trust

CoinDesk has identified the vendor, previously blamed but not named by Fortress for the theft that helped spur the trust company's deal to sell itself to Ripple.

(Alpha Rad/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Steady at $26K, SOL Slightly Dips After FTX Gets Approval to Sell Crypto

Crypto exchange FTX got court approval to sell part of its $3.4 billion digital asset holdings.

Bitcoin price today (CoinDesk)

Finance

What Correlations Tell Us About the Value of Multi-Asset Crypto Portfolios

Investors focusing solely on bitcoin forego more than they may think.

(Taylor Nicole/ Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto’s Interest in Rates

U.S. interest rates are back on the rise, but digital assets appear to be unaffected.

(Armando Arauz/Unsplash)

Finance

Coinbase CEO Confirms Exchange Will Support Lightning, Which Dramatically Speeds Up Bitcoin Payments

Brian Armstrong, while announcing the decision, calls BTC “the most important asset in crypto.”

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)