Nick Baker

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. His crypto holdings are below CoinDesk's $1,000 disclosure threshold.

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Blast stops producing blocks after Dencun (Md Riduwan Molla/Unsplash)
Blast Blockchain Locks Up Amid Ethereum's Dencun Upgrade
Its mainnet stopped producing blocks around the time of the Ethereum overhaul.
Blast stops producing blocks after Dencun (Md Riduwan Molla/Unsplash)
What's the all-time high for bitcoin's price? (Uday Mittal/Unsplash)
Bitcoin Soars to a Record – but What's the Price? And What Was the Old All-Time High?
From Coinbase to Reuters and CoinDesk, there's disagreement over BTC's price.
What's the all-time high for bitcoin's price? (Uday Mittal/Unsplash)
Vanguard logo (John Keeble/Getty Images)
Retiring CEO of Giant Asset Manager Vanguard Shunned Bitcoin ETFs. Will His Replacement?
The question some are now asking is whether the firm will pivot on crypto after Tim Buckley leaves.
Vanguard logo (John Keeble/Getty Images)
Bakkt gave a going concern warning (Breana Panaguiton/Unsplash)
Crypto Firm Bakkt Warns It Might Not Be Able to Remain in Business
The company, with backing from the owner of the NYSE, was introduced in 2018 with the initial goal of helping Starbucks customers buy coffee with bitcoin.
Bakkt gave a going concern warning (Breana Panaguiton/Unsplash)
Elvis impersonators (Perry Knotts/Getty Images)
Warning! Scammers Are Pretending to Be CoinDesk Journalists on Social Media
Real CoinDesk journalists don't ask for money. Also, please be wary of links sent from people claiming to work for us.
Elvis impersonators (Perry Knotts/Getty Images)
Kyle Davies (left) and Su Zhu (middle). (Kyle Davies/X)
OPNX, the Exchange Built by Founders of Doomed Hedge Fund Three Arrows, Is Shutting Down
Customers were advised to settle their positions by Feb. 7 and withdraw their money by Feb. 14.
Kyle Davies (left) and Su Zhu (middle). (Kyle Davies/X)
Larry David on Super Bowl ad for Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX: 'Like an Idiot, I Did It' (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
Larry David Calls Himself an 'Idiot' for Doing Infamous FTX Super Bowl Ad
Sam Bankman-Fried's cryptocurrency exchange infamously collapsed months after the commercial.
Larry David on Super Bowl ad for Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX: 'Like an Idiot, I Did It' (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
Bullish, run by former NYSE President Tom Farley, offers futures contracts based on the CoinDesk 20 (Matthew Eisman/Getty Images)
'The Dow' for Crypto Markets? New CoinDesk 20 Index Underpins Futures Contracts at Bullish
Perpetual futures based on the index at crypto exchange Bullish, which owns CoinDesk, could help the CoinDesk 20 become a widely followed benchmark akin to the 128-year-old Do...
Bullish, run by former NYSE President Tom Farley, offers futures contracts based on the CoinDesk 20 (Matthew Eisman/Getty Images)
The bitcoin ETF race is one. (Dallas Reedy/Unsplash)
Grayscale, BlackRock Top Bitcoin ETF Volume Ranking as Products Debut
Here's a ranking of the 11 newly trading bitcoin ETFs, in terms of first-day trading volume.
The bitcoin ETF race is one. (Dallas Reedy/Unsplash)
Gary Gensler's SEC just approved bitcoin ETFs. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
Gary Gensler's Statement on Bitcoin ETF Approvals
The SEC chair in his own words.
Gary Gensler's SEC just approved bitcoin ETFs. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)