Nick Baker

Nick Baker was 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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Why This ETF Expert Is Bullish on Ethereum and Says Washington’s Crypto Stance Is Misunderstood

If Vice President Kamala Harris beats Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election, that could be good for Ethereum, though crypto is in good shape either way, Bitwise's Matt Hougan says.

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan (Suzanne Cordiero/CoinDesk/Shutterstock)

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Bitcoin Bounces 7% Above $63K as Crypto Traders Eye China Stimulus Statement

Solana's SOL, Avalanche's AVAX and Render's RNDR led the crypto rally as almost all but one member of the CoinDesk 20 Index posted gains.

Bitcoin price on 10 11 (CoinDesk)

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Trump-Supported World Liberty Financial Will Start Public Token Sale Next Week

The WLFI token sale will be open for everyone who has been qualified through the project's whitelist.

Screen grab from Trump's teaser of the new World Liberty Financial crypto company (Rug Radio, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)

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Scroll Airdrop Allocation Met With Dismay From Farmers

Scroll has set aside 15% for future airdrops, but that isn't enough according to airdrop farmers.

Airdrop farming (Richard Bell/Unsplash)

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Trump's Lead Over Harris Widens on Polymarket's Prediction Market

His odds of winning the U.S. presidential election have soared to a more than two-month high.

Donald Trump has pulled ahead of Kamala Harris on Polymarket. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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LatAm Bank Littio Ditches Ethereum for Avalanche as Demand for RWA Vaults Grows

Avalanche's low transaction fees and consistency were cited as reasons for picking that chain.

Avalanche. (Unsplash)

Политика

The DPRK's Deep Roots in Crypto

North Korean developers have worked for a surprisingly large number of crypto projects.

North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un (Contributor/Getty Images)

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Former Bitcoin Dev Peter Todd Denies He's Satoshi Hours Before HBO Documentary Airs

"Of course I'm not Satoshi," Todd told CoinDesk Tuesday, saying that filmmaker Cullen Hoback was "grasping at straws."

Former Bitcoin developer Peter Todd, left (HBO)

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Binance, FalconX and the Curious Case of 1.35M Missing Solana Tokens

Crypto prime broker FalconX didn't know who the SOL tokens belonged to until crypto exchange Binance came asking for them years later.

Mysterious transactions and reconciliation head-scratchers happen in traditional finance, too, but crypto could be uniquely prone to a situation of this sort. (Wikimedia Commons)

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Bitcoin Miners at a Crossroads: Gain Market Share or Go All-In on AI?

Investors rewarded mining companies that've diversified into AI and high-performance computing.

Bitcoin sculpture made from scrap metal outside the BitCluster mining farm in Norilsk, Russia. (BitCluster)