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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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Gary Gensler's SEC must now decide what to do about multiple applications for BTC and ETH ETFs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
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Eth
Fidelity Wants to Create an Ether ETF, Joining BlackRock in Doubling Down on Crypto
Fidelity, BlackRock and other financial firms want to list BTC and ETH ETFs, which could make it easier for investors to invest in crypto.
Gary Gensler's SEC must now decide what to do about multiple applications for BTC and ETH ETFs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
By Nick Baker
Nov 17, 2023 at 10:46 p.m. UTC
Nov 17, 2023
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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has emerged as a big fan of crypto (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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Etf
BlackRock's Ethereum ETF Plan Is Confirmed in Nasdaq Filing
The world's largest asset manager has already made waves by seeking to list a bitcoin ETF
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has emerged as a big fan of crypto (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
By Nick BakerNikhilesh DeHelene Braun
Nov 9, 2023 at 9:33 p.m. UTC
Nov 9, 2023
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FTX looks poised to recover a surprisingly high amount for creditors, a year after Sam Bankman-Fried was undone by a CoinDesk scoop (Adobe Firefly)
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Analysis
A Year After Sam Bankman-Fried's Downfall, Solana and Other FTX Holdings Are Flying High
The FTX founder's downfall began on Nov. 2, 2022 – a year ago Thursday – when CoinDesk published a big scoop. Jurors are poised to begin deliberating his fate on the anniversa...
FTX looks poised to recover a surprisingly high amount for creditors, a year after Sam Bankman-Fried was undone by a CoinDesk scoop (Adobe Firefly)
By Ian AllisonNick Baker
Nov 2, 2023 at 12:00 a.m. UTC
Nov 2, 2023
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When Satoshi Nakamoto introduced Bitcoin in 2008, TradFi was in turmoil (Cate Gillon/Getty Images)
Finance
Opinion
On Bitcoin White Paper's 15th Anniversary, Wall Street Threatens to Swallow Its One-Time Challenger
The titans of finance are increasingly driving a space that, to many, was designed to put them out of business.
When Satoshi Nakamoto introduced Bitcoin in 2008, TradFi was in turmoil (Cate Gillon/Getty Images)
By Nick Baker
Oct 31, 2023 at 12:00 a.m. UTC
Oct 31, 2023
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Btc
A Wild Few Minutes Drive Bitcoin Above $35,000 as ETF Excitement Starts to Thaw the Crypto Winter
BTC hasn't seen these lofty levels since May 2022, when the cryptocurrency industry was just starting to get pummeled by scandals.
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By Nick BakerOliver Knight
Oct 24, 2023 at 12:08 a.m. UTC
Oct 24, 2023
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Finance
Coinbase
Coinbase’s Attempt to End SEC Lawsuit Should Be Rejected, U.S. Regulator Argues
“To distract from the fatal flaws in its legal arguments, Coinbase cries foul and seeks to blame the SEC for its current legal predicament,” the SEC said in a Tuesday court fi...
SEC Chair Gary Gensler (House Financial Services Committee)
By Nick Baker
Oct 3, 2023 at 9:43 p.m. UTC
Oct 3, 2023
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
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Sam Bankman-Fried Will Remain in Jail Through the Start of His Trial
An appeals court rejected his attorneys’ attempt to free him in the run-up to the trial.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
By Nick BakerNikhilesh De
Sep 21, 2023 at 9:37 p.m. UTC
Sep 21, 2023
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A reply to DWF's Andrei Grachev is what got the market-maker battle going. (LinkedIn)
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‘You Can Do Nothing’: Crypto Trading Titans Are Yelling at Each Other on Elon Musk’s X
“I never thought that you could be THAT scared of us,” DWF’s Andrei Grachev posted on X. Wintermute’s Evgeny Gaevoy: “We are trembling in your presence.”
A reply to DWF's Andrei Grachev is what got the market-maker battle going. (LinkedIn)
By Nick Baker
Sep 21, 2023 at 6:46 p.m. UTC
Sep 21, 2023
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Sam bankman-fried
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Empire Was Crushed by This Infamous Balance Sheet. Here’s More of the Story
An Alameda balance sheet revealed just how fraught FTX’s situation was.
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By Danny NelsonNick Baker
Sep 20, 2023 at 3:30 p.m. UTC
Sep 20, 2023
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Sam Bankman-Fried, right, and his parents, Joe Bankman and Barbara Fried (Victor Chen/CoinDesk)
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Sam bankman-fried
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Dad Thought His Son Wasn’t Paying Him Enough, So He Got Mom Involved
The alleged dispute over Joe Bankman’s $200,000 FTX salary versus his desired $1 million points to an unusual family dynamic at the former cryptocurrency colossus.
Sam Bankman-Fried, right, and his parents, Joe Bankman and Barbara Fried (Victor Chen/CoinDesk)
By Nick Baker
Sep 19, 2023 at 5:08 p.m. UTC
Sep 19, 2023
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