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Nick Baker

Deputy Editor-in-Chief

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

Is Elon Musk Selling Bitcoin? Tesla Transfers All $760M of Its BTC to Unknown Wallets.

On-chain data shows wallets associated with Elon Musk's electric car company have been emptied.

Oct 15, 2024

Is Elon Musk's Tesla selling bitcoin? (Chesnot/Getty Images)

Finance

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.

Oct 15, 2024

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

Markets

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.

Oct 11, 2024

Bitcoin price on 10 11 (CoinDesk)

Finance

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.

Oct 11, 2024

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

Finance

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.

Oct 11, 2024

Airdrop farming (Richard Bell/Unsplash)

Markets

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.

Oct 10, 2024

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

Finance

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.

Oct 9, 2024

Avalanche. (Unsplash)

Policy

The DPRK's Deep Roots in Crypto

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

Oct 9, 2024

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

Finance

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."

Oct 8, 2024

Former Bitcoin developer Peter Todd, left (HBO)

Finance

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.

Oct 8, 2024

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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