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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Финансы

Robinhood’s Crypto Wallet Adds Bitcoin and Dogecoin

The company is also beginning to roll out Ethereum swaps.

Johann Kerbrat, GM of Robinhood Crypto (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Политика

Controversial Digital Euro Plan to Be Led by Architect of Landmark MiCA Crypto Law

Center-right lawmaker Stefan Berger, who previously negotiated the MiCA crypto law for the European Parliament, now heads up a CBDC proposal many colleagues are skeptical about.

The EU has passed new crypto laws (Pixabay)

CoinDesk Indices

Why Good Indexes Are Vital to Crypto’s Future

U.S. regulatory crackdown is hampering their development

Index (Maksym Kaharlytskyi/Unsplash)

CoinDesk Indices

A Guide to TradFi Blockchain Adoption

As financial institutions look to come on-chain, total value locked, or TVL, is anticipated to be the leading indicator of where adoption will occur.

(Sean Pollock/Unsplash)

Рынки

Grayscale’s Victory Ignites a GBTC Trading Frenzy as Investors Bet on Narrowing Discount to Bitcoin Price

The SEC must review its rejection to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into an exchange-traded fund, the appeals court ruled Tuesday.

Grayscale ad (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Финансы

Robinhood and Jump Trading No Longer Have Crypto Partnership: Source

The retail broker’s entry into crypto several years ago was powered by Jump Trading, which is a giant in traditional financial markets.

Jump Crypto President Kanav Kariya (Danny Nelson)

Политика

SEC's Secret Binance Court Filing Has Observers Bracing for Bad News

The Securities and Exchange Commission late Monday filed a sealed motion in its case against Binance that includes more than 35 exhibits.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)

Финансы

Yearn Finance Voters to Wintermute: Drop Dead

One of the biggest market makers in crypto is having trouble getting nearly free money out of Yearn Finance.

Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Рынки

SUI and HBAR Slump Ahead of Latest Crypto Token Unlocks

Both protocols have seen their tokens drop more than ether in daily trading as the next unlocks inch closer.

Crypto Unlock

Политика

SEC Issues First Enforcement Action Targeting NFTs

The agency ruled Impact Theory’s NFTs were sold as unregistered securities.

(Getty Images)