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

Indian Crypto Exchange Adds Bank Transfers Hours After RBI Ban Lifted

Mumbai-based CoinDCX became the first platform in India to fully integrate bank account transfers.

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Finance

Bitmain Spin-Off Matrixport Seeks $300M Valuation in Latest Funding Round

Matrixport began pitching investors a few weeks ago with the aim of raising $40 million.

Jihan Wu

Tech

Samsung to Target EU Payments Sector With Blockchain-Based Solution for Banks

The platform will use blockchain to automatically input payments data into bank records.

Samsung

Finance

New Wallet From Stablecoin Issuer STASIS Syncs With Financial Institutions

STASIS said Tuesday its new wallet would offer regulated financial institutions a new gateway into cryptocurrencies.

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Finance

NBA Player Spencer Dinwiddie Taps Broker-Dealer in Push to Tokenize Sports Contracts

The move follows a three-month tussle with the NBA, which initially claimed it represented a league violation.

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Tech

Algorand Blockchain Chosen as Underlying Tech for Marshall Islands' Digital Currency

Algorand was selected following "extensive market research among the leading protocol options."

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Markets

Binance Lets Turkish Customers Directly Deposit Fiat With Bank Integration

Binance has launched a direct channel integration with Istanbul-based Akbank, allowing users to deposit Turkish lira to their exchange accounts.

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Markets

FTX Exchange CEO Invests in Rival Trading Platform

Alameda Research, a crypto quant trading firm which shares it CEO with derivatives exchange FTX, has invested seven figures into new rival Folkvang.

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Tech

Crypto Exchange Huobi's DeFi-Focused Blockchain Released in Public Beta

The exchange is eyeing use cases for its tech across areas such as tokenized asset issuance, payments, identity verification and lending.

Huobi

Markets

LINE Targets US Residents With New Crypto Exchange

The messaging app firm launched a new U.S.-based crypto exchange, Bitfront, last week, offering traders dollar-to-crypto trading pairs.

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