Anna Baydakova

Anna writes about blockchain projects and regulation with a special focus on Eastern Europe and Russia. She is especially excited about stories on privacy, cybercrime, sanctions policies and censorship resistance of decentralized technologies.
She graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University and the Higher School of Economics in Russia and got her Master's degree at Columbia Journalism School in New York City.
She joined CoinDesk after years of writing for various Russian media, including the leading political outlet Novaya Gazeta.
Anna owns BTC and an NFT of sentimental value.

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Spanish Stock Exchange to Go Live With Blockchain Collateral Pledge Certificates

Spain's largest stock exchange expects to go live by the end of 2019 with a blockchain-based system for certifying collateral pledges.

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Crypto Platform DX.Exchange Adds Secondary Trading of Security Tokens

DX.Exchange, a crypto platform that soft-launched in January, has added support for secondary trading of security tokens. 

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The New York Times Is Planning to Experiment With Blockchain Publishing

According to a new job posting, the Times is looking for someone to help "design a blockchain-based proof of concept for news publishers."

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Ripple's Xpring Helps Launch $100 Million Fund for Game Developers

Xpring, Ripple's grant network for developers, has partnered with gaming startup Forte to create a $100 million fund to support game devs.

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IBM Scores Deal With US Credit Union Group to Use Hyperledger Blockchain

Credit union consortium CULedger will use IBM's Hyperledger Fabric, in addition to several other blockchains it's been working with.

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German Finance Ministry Calls for Regulated Blockchain Securities Market

The German Ministry of Finance has recommended that the country recognize and regulate blockchain securities.

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Facebook Blockchain Job Openings Top 20 Amid Staffing Spree

Facebook's careers website now lists 20 open positions related to blockchain technology in a wide range of areas.

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Kraken Crypto Exchange Poaches a Sony Studio Head for Marketing Push

Kraken has hired Matt Mason, most recently a studio head at Sony Pictures, as the crypto exchange's first chief marketing officer.

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EOS-Powered Private Blockchain Studio StrongBlock Raises $4 million

Private blockchain studio StrongBlock – founded by former execs from Block.one, the company behind EOS – has raised $4 million.

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New Security Token Exchange ABE Wants to Bring Back Small-Cap IPOs

A new security token trading venture is coming out of stealth mode with a novel strategy to help small U.S. companies go public at a lower cost.

Image of Joel Blom and John Pigott at the DC Blockchain Summit (second and third from the right) by Nikhilesh De for CoinDesk