Paddy Baker

Reporter

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.

Latest from Paddy Baker

Markets

Fintech Think Tank Takes Legal Action Against Cardano Foundation

London-based think tank Z/Yen has taken legal action against the Cardano foundation for allegedly terminating a 2017 agreement.

Mar 17, 2020

Markets

Binance Launches $50M 'Blockchain for India' Fund

Binance and WazirX plan to donate up to $50 million to Indian blockchain startups after the Supreme Court lifted a central bank ban on financial services for these firms.

Mar 17, 2020

Markets

Bitcoin Sinks Below $5K Despite Fed Reserve's Slashing of Interest Rates

The Fed's cutting of interest rates to zero has done little to calm the markets.

Mar 16, 2020

Markets

Investors Can Hedge Long-Term Risk With New 2-Year Bitcoin Derivatives

Quedex's new bitcoin derivatives contracts, which expire in December 2021, saw more than $5 million in volume last weekend.

Mar 13, 2020

Policy

Chase Bank Settles Suit Over 'Sky-High' Credit Card Charges for Crypto Purchases

The bank had allegedly charged the plaintiff over $160 in fees and interest for regularly purchasing cryptocurrencies with his credit card.

Mar 12, 2020

Finance

IOTA Founder Personally Refunding Hack Losses to 'Safeguard' Project's Remaining Reserves

Using his personal holdings will help protect the IOTA Foundation's 12-month runway, according to David Sonstebo.

Mar 12, 2020

Markets

US Court Fines ICOBox $16M for Securities Violation in SEC Case

The SEC won a default judgement against ICO-as-a-service platform ICOBox and CEO Nikolay Evdokimov.

Mar 12, 2020

SEC (Image via Mark Van Scyoc / Shutterstock)

Finance

Paradigm Labs Shuts Down, Says It Was 'Too Early' for DeFi Boom

Paradigm said it found it difficult "carve a viable niche" the rapidly evolving DeFi space.

Mar 11, 2020

Blackmoon claimed it would be the first exchange to support gram tokens after Telegram launched its blockchain platform. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Markets

Europe's New AML Rules Made Crypto More Attractive to Institutions, Says Boerse Stuttgart Exec

Europe's fifth anti-money laundering directive seems to have increased institutional interest in crypto, says Ulli Spankowski, Boerse Stuttgart's chief digital officer.

Mar 10, 2020

Boerse Stuttgart location in Gustav-Heinemann-Platz.

Finance

Securitize Launches Tokenized Platform to Revitalize Japan's Rural Property Market

The platform has been set up to help reinvigorate smaller towns and villages in rural Japan.

Mar 10, 2020

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