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

How a Journalist Went From Exposing Mexican Cartels to Losing His Crypto Life Savings

Olivier Acuña had to keep his wits about him to survive as a reporter. Then he worked in crypto and got scammed out of $400,000.

Former journalist Olivier Acuña (Olivier Acuña)

Finance

Aptos Labs CEO Mo Shaikh Quits; Avery Ching to Take His Place

The Aptos co-founder is sticking around as a strategic adviser, though.

Mo Shaikh (Aptos Labs)

Markets

Bitcoin Dips Below $96K While CoinDesk 20 Plunges 10% Amid Fed-Spurred Rout; SOL Surrenders Post-Election Rally

Fed Chair Jerome Powell's hawkish comments Wednesday on rate cuts have rattled investors across asset classes.

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index on Dec. 19 (CoinDesk)

Policy

El Salvador to Shut or Sell Chivo Crypto Wallet as Part of $3.5B IMF Deal

The country's concessions include that taxes must be paid in U.S. dollars, not bitcoin, and bitcoin acceptance will be made voluntary in the private sector.

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador (Ulises Rodriguez/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images).

Policy

French Hill to Lead Powerful Congressional Panel Next Term: Report

Hill, who chaired the House Financial Services Committee's digital assets subcommittee, has long been a crypto advocate on the Hill.

French Hill (Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Finance

Avalanche Raises $250M Amid Major Overhaul of Layer-1 Blockchain

The sale follows shortly after the Avalanche9000 upgrade went live in a testnet environment.

Emin Gün Sirer (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Crypto Doesn’t Care About Cash Flow. That Will Soon Change, Says Pantera Capital

Cosmo Jiang, portfolio manager at Pantera Capital, says that crypto investing will get more fundamentals-oriented as the industry matures.

Black Panther (Pierre Lemos/Unsplash)

Finance

Binance Partners With Circle to Push USDC Stablecoin Adoption Across the Globe

The partnership will bring more USDC trading pairs, special promotions on USDC across trading and other products, Binance CEO Richard Teng said.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

El Salvador and Argentina Regulators Sign Agreement to Help Develop Crypto Industry

Regulators from both countries are looking to collaborate to foster crypto innovation.

Juan Carlos Reyes and Roberto Silva.

Finance

Howard Lutnick: Tether’s Big Backer

The CEO of prominent bond broker Cantor Fitzgerald played a major role in validating Tether this year by vouching for its reserves.

A portrait of Cantor Fitzgerald's Howard Lutnick (CoinDesk/Pudgy Penguins)