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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.

Paddy Baker

Latest from Paddy Baker

Markets

Veritaseum Accuses T-Mobile of Gross Negligence Over $8.6M SIM-Swap Hack

Veritaseum alleges T-Mobile authorized no less than five SIM swaps, one of which brought the loss of $8.6 million in crypto.

Jul 23, 2020

sim, sim swap

Markets

Ant Group Claims 100M Digital Assets Are Uploaded to Its Blockchain Daily

Days after announcing an expected $200 billion IPO, the Alibaba affiliate has rebranded its enterprise blockchain to AntChain.

Jul 23, 2020

Screen-Shot-2020-07-23-at-10.35.56

Markets

Newly Discovered Botnet Infected Up to 5,000 Computers With a Monero Miner

Cisco researchers estimate the botnet may have earned its owner $5,000 worth of monero since it started operation four months ago.

Jul 22, 2020

Monero

Markets

BitMEX Owner Awards $50K Grant to Bitcoin Smart Contract Developer

100x said the $50,000 grant to Jeremy Rubin would help fund further development of the Bitcoin smart contract language, Sapio.

Jul 22, 2020

Arthur Hayes (left), CEO of BitMEX, and Chase Lochmiller, general partner at Polychain Capital, speak at Consensus: Invest 2017. (Brady Dale/CoinDesk archives)

Markets

South Korean Government Proposes Tough New 22% Tax on Crypto Trading

Crypto trading profits could be liable to a 22% tax should the Korean National Assembly approve the newly tabled proposal.

Jul 22, 2020

A scattering of 50,000 South Korean-won notes

Markets

DeFi Hype Has Sent Ethereum Fees Soaring to 2-Year High: Coin Metrics

The knock-on effects of the DeFi hype include high fees and less active users on Ethereum, according to Coin Metrics.

Jul 22, 2020

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

Singapore May Extend Crypto Regulation to Include Overseas Activities

Under the central bank's proposals, Singapore regulation would end up covering the overseas activities of locally based crypto companies.

Jul 21, 2020

Singapore (Rastislav Sedlak SK/Shutterstock)

Markets

BitMEX Owner Leads $3.4M Round for South African Crypto Exchange

BitMEX owner 100x said investing in VALR’s Series A would bring exposure to the fast-growing South African market.

Jul 21, 2020

(Shutterstock)

Markets

Alibaba's Ant Group Plans Dual IPOs at Possible $200B Valuation

The dual listing could turn Alibaba affiliate Ant Group into one of the largest companies operating in the blockchain space.

Jul 20, 2020

(Shutterstock)

Markets

UK Government Moving to Restrict Cryptocurrency Promotions

Under the U.K. government's proposals, unauthorized companies would need explicit approval to legally market cryptocurrency products.

Jul 20, 2020

Ether traders are looking to the London hard fork as a potential price catalyst.
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