Paddy Baker

Paddy Baker is a London-based cryptocurrency reporter. He was previously senior journalist at Crypto Briefing.

Paddy holds positions in BTC and ETH, as well as smaller amounts of LTC, ZIL, NEO, BNB and BSV.

Paddy Baker

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Policy

FBI Used Bitcoin Trail to Catch Russian Rapper Accused of Money Laundering

Rapper Maksim Boiko had claimed bundles of money he posed with in photos came from rental revenue and investments in bitcoin.

Maksim Boiko was arrested in March.

Policy

Why Are Crypto Companies Going to Abu Dhabi?

The Abu Dhabi Global Market has become an attractive jurisdiction for crypto companies since it introduced digital asset regulation in June 2018.

Abu Dhabi Credit: Shutterstock

Markets

Ripple Engineers Publish Design for Private Transactions on XRP Ledger

Ripple engineer Nik Bougalis has proposed a method of shielding transactions on the XRP ledger.

Ripple engineer Nik Bougalis has published a proposal for shielding XRP transactions. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Finance

Factom Inc. 'Faces Liquidation' After Investors Refuse Request for More Funding

The blockchain firm's biggest investor, FastForward, is now its receiver.

Factom CEO Paul Snow at North American Bitcoin Conference 2015. (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Bitfury Latest to Donate Crypto Mining Power to Coronavirus Research

Bitfury has dedicated its GPU miners to the Folding@home project, which is studying the novel coronavirus in hopes of developing a vaccine.

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Policy

AT&T Files for Dismissal in $24M Phone Hack Case, Claims Crypto Exec Didn't Read Terms

Terpin claims he lost $24 million in crypto due to AT&T's negligence. The firm says he didn't read the company's policy documents.

Credit: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com

Finance

HIVE Blockchain to Double Bitcoin Mining Capacity Through $2.8M Share Deal

HIVE shares have increased 10 percent since the deal to acquire a bitcoin mining farm in Canada became public.

Quebec hydro power plant (credit: Shutterstock/Pierre Leclerc)

Tech

BitMEX Operator Ups Grant for Bitcoin Development to $100K

HDR Global Trading has supported bitcoin maintainer Michael Ford since he was appointed last summer.

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Markets

Tether CTO Claims USDT Stablecoin Can Boost DeFi Liquidity

Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino believes the USDT stablecoin can boost the decentralized finance ecosystem.

Tether Chief Technology Officer Paolo Ardoino. Tether issues the USDT stablecoin.

Finance

Ex-Royal Mint Team Now Provides $1M Cover for All Civic Crypto Wallets

Coincover is now providing automatic deposit guarantee on all new signups for Civic's hot wallet.

Lloyd's of London building. Credit: eric laudonien / Shutterstock