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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US State Bank Regulators Agree to Single Set of Rules for Fintech, Crypto Firm Licensing

Agencies from 48 states are expected to unveil a new framework today that will simplify and consolidate regulation for crypto companies.

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Policy

Nigeria's SEC Says All Crypto Assets Are Securities by Default

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Africa's most populous country said all crypto assets will fall under the regulation that covers securities exchanges and transactions.

Lagos, Nigeria

Markets

DeFi Lender bZx Reclaims $8M Stolen in Sunday's Attack

DeFi lending project bZx has been able to recover about $8 million in cryptocurrency from an attacker who stole the funds after exploiting a code bug over the weekend.

The hacker was exposed sometime on Monday.

Markets

Chainlink to Start Supplying Data for Crypto.com's DeFi Wallet

The new integration will provide users of Crypto.com's DeFi wallet with access to accurate and untampered price data, ChainLink said.

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Policy

User Profiling Can Help Regulators Identify Illegal Crypto Activity, Says FATF

The international watchdog has recommended comparing users' age and wealth with their crypto transactions to identify possible criminal activity.

FATF Financial Action Task Force

Markets

DeFi Lender bZx Loses $8M in Third Attack This Year

An attacker found a way to mint unbacked iTokens that they could then redeem against other cryptos held in lending pools for DeFi lender bZx.

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Markets

European Ministers Call on EU Commission to Regulate Stablecoins

Finance ministers from five European countries have called on the EU Commission to introduce tough regulation for stablecoins.

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Markets

Crypto.com Follows Binance With Launch of Liquid Swap DeFi Product

Crypto.com's new Defi Swap product will provide yet another platform on which users can token swap and yield farm.

Kris Marszalek, CEO of Crypto.com

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French Central Bank Chief Eyes Public-Private Partnership for Possible Digital Euro

The governor of the Banque de France said private-sector involvement could benefit a future digital euro initiative.

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Markets

Coinbase Effect Hits DeFi as yEarn's YFI Token Surges 10% on Pro Listing News

The already highly priced YFI governance token for yEarn.Finance has jumped an additional $6,000 on the news it'll be listed on Coinbase Pro.

YFI token shot up when Coinbase announced its listing plans. (CoinGecko)