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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Finance

Blockchain.com May Raise Money at Significant Discount to Previous Valuation: Bloomberg

The company was valued at $14 billion in a funding round earlier this year, but may only fetch $3 billion to $4 billion, the publication reported.

Blockchain.com founder and CEO Peter Smith (Blockchain.com)

Finance

Bloomberg's Matt Levine Writes 40,000-Word Article on Crypto

It's the only article this week in Businessweek, just the second time the magazine has been filled by a single piece.

Bloomberg columnist Matt Levine (LinkedIn)

Finance

Effort to Reverse SEC Rejection of Bitcoin ETF Wins Broad Crypto, TradFi Support

Regulators rebuffed Grayscale's attempt to convert its bitcoin trust into an ETF. Grayscale has powerful allies as it seeks to overturn that decision.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Grayscale Takes Over Key Role for Bitcoin Trust, Other Products From Genesis

Grayscale Securities, a new broker-deal division, will handle selling shares of the company’s crypto trust products, taking over a function previously provided by fellow Digital Currency Group subsidiary Genesis Global Trading.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Binance Starts Ethereum Proof-of-Work Mining Pool, Initially With No Fee

ETHW initially stumbled, but mining support from Binance customers could in theory help.

Ethereum around computers (Dalle-E/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto PR Firm Wachsman Hires Cointelegraph's CEO as Chief Growth Officer

Jay Cassano was previously editor-in-chief of the crypto news organization and a journalist at Fast Company and Newsweek.

Wachsman's new chief growth officer, Jay Cassano (Business Wire)

Finance

Wall Street Titans' New Crypto Exchange Aims to Seriously Cut Costs for Investors

EDX Markets, backed by major trading and investment firms like Schwab and Citadel Securities, will initially offer only a handful of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.

Bitcoin superó máximos de un mes, pero analistas advierten sobre la volatilidad. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Finance

Pantera Capital Loses Another Senior Exec as Crypto Hedge Fund’s CFO Departs: Source

Ryan Davis is leaving and Matt Gorham, a long-time Pantera employee, will temporarily fill the job as the senior-executive exodus continues.

Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead (CoinDesk)

Policy

US Government Amps Up Inevitable Clash With Crypto Privacy in Tornado Cash Blacklisting

The Treasury Department says Tornado Cash abetted laundering of $7 billion, but that’s not likely to quiet crypto enthusiasts as they fight to stay anonymous.

Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Semenov (Roman Semenov)

Finance

Huge Traders Remain Super Bullish on Bitcoin Despite Crypto Carnage

A big player in professional finance says its trading partners see bitcoin rebounding to $32,000 this year.

Bernstein spells out what it believes could be catalysts for the next bull market in crypto. (Kameleon007/Getty Images)