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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Judge Allows Binance.US Bid to Buy Voyager Assets to Advance

The exchange agreed in December to purchase the company after Voyager's deal with Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX fizzled.

Voyager CEO Steve Ehrlich (CoinDesk)

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DCG's Barry Silbert Talks About Genesis in Letter to Shareholders

Crypto exchange Gemini co-founder Cameron Winklevoss earlier on Tuesday called for the DCG board to remove Silbert as CEO.

Barry Silbert. CEO y fundador de Digital Currency Group.

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Crypto Conglomerate DCG Closes Wealth-Management Business

The division reportedly had more than $3.5 billion in assets.

Barry Silbert. CEO y fundador de Digital Currency Group.

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FTX Asks Judge for Help in Fight Over Robinhood Shares Worth About $450M

Three parties, including ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, have tried to get control over the 56 million shares.

Tokens vinculados con billeteras de Alameda se vendieron por bitcoin en el último día. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

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Symbiont.io, Which Tried to Bring Blockchain to Traditional Finance, Files for Chapter 11

Bankruptcy is latest sign of distress amid the brutal crypto winter.

Symbiont finds itself in distress. (Getty Images)

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Former FTX US President Is Seeking Funds for Crypto Startup: Report

Brett Harrison is trying to raise $6 million at a $60 million company valuation, The Information reported.

Brett Harrison, exdirector de FTX.US. (Danny Nelson)

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Full Transcript: NY Times' Interview With Sam Bankman-Fried

Bankman-Fried said during the interview he did not "knowingly commingle" customer funds.

Andrew Ross Sorkin speaks with FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried during the New York Times DealBook Summit (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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Binance's CEO Sows Doubt in Crypto Rival Coinbase and Digital Asset Manager Grayscale – Then Backtracks

Changpeng Zhao quickly deleted a tweet that called the companies' disclosures into question.

Changpeng Zhao's Binance.US had made a bid to acquire bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital. (Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)

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'Big Short' Author Michael Lewis Spent Months With FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried and Is Writing a Book

A letter circulating in Hollywood says the best-selling author is working on a book and has “a dramatic surprising ending” given the shocking collapse of Bankman-Fried’s crypto juggernaut.

Writer Michael Lewis interviewed Sam Bankman-Fried at Crypto Bahamas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Health of FTX’s US Derivatives Arm Owed to Oversight, Says CFTC Chief Behnam

The former LedgerX unit seems to be in good shape, Behnam said at a Chicago event, though its controversial application to directly clear customers’ derivatives trades was withdrawn.

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)