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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Finance

‘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.”

DWF Labs managing partner Andrei Grachev (LinkedIn)

Finance

NEAR Foundation’s Marieke Flament Steps Down as CEO

General Counsel Chris Donovan will assume her role at the organization behind the NEAR protocol.

Marieke Flament (Matt Hussey/NEAR)

Policy

Here’s How FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s Trial May Play Out

Prosecutors will need a jury to reach a unanimous verdict to convict the FTX founder.

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Finance

Infamously Hacked Crypto Exchange Mt. Gox Delays Repayment Deadline by a Year

The prominent crypto exchange was hacked in 2014, which led to 850,000 bitcoin (BTC) – now worth almost $23 billion – being drained.

Mt. Gox Creditor Kolin Burges confronts Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles (CoinDesk)

Markets

A Bitcoin ETF Has Golden Parallels From History

Gold ETFs dramatically shook up markets. A spot bitcoin ETF could do the same.

(Joshua Sortino/ Unsplash)

Tech

Understanding the Economics of Ethereum Layer 2s

Ethereum is on the verge of enormous growth, aided by the L2 blockchains that complement it.

(Rachael Ren/ Unsplash)

Policy

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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Policy

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)

Policy

The SBF Trial: How Did We Get Here?

Sam Bankman-Fried is two weeks away from trial. His next hope is a sympathetic jury.

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