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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Markets

First Mover: Crypto.com Says User Growth Coming From Products, Not Token Speculation

Crypto.com saw the total number of users increase by 50% in the past few months, to 3 million people.

Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek speaks at RISE 2018 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Tech

Salesforce Co-Founder Launches Public Blockchain Network With Dollars Baked In

Public Mint puts dollars on the blockchain so users can use money whether or not they have bank accounts.

Halsey Minor (Uphold)

Markets

Investment Firm Plans ETF-Like Product for Compound Yield Farmers

The investment portfolio will give users exposure to Compound interest rates and, eventually, yield farming.

(Acabashi/Creative Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0/ Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Coinbase Takes Over Servicing for 21Shares' Bitcoin ETP, Displaces Kingdom Trust

Coinbase Custody has replaced Kingdom Trust as the principal custodian for its Bitcoin ETP, just as it begins trading on Deutsche Boerse.

Coinbase Custody CEO Sam McIngvale speaks at Invest: NYC 2019. (Zack Seward/CoinDesk)

Markets

UK Court Orders Crypto Exchange to Shut Down After Clients Lose $2M

The U.K. is ordering GPay to shut down on allegations that 108 clients lost £1.5 million, or $2 million, through the crypto exchange.

Royal Courts of Justice, London, U.K.

Markets

First Mover: Crypto.com's Chain Token Dominated Markets in June With 33% Gain

The Chain token gained 33% last month, the top performer among the largest digital assets during a month when bitcoin, ether and XRP all fell.

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Markets

Binance Retains Top Spot as CoinGecko Revamps Exchange Trust Metric

CoinGecko has added a cybersecurity metric to its Trust Score. As with rival data site CoinMarketCap, the largest exchange Binance retains pole position.

CoinGecko co-founder Bobby Ong speaks at Invest: Asia 2019 (Wolfie Zhao/CoinDesk)

Finance

New York-Based Asset Manager Closes $190M Round for Bitcoin Institutional Fund

This is NYDIG's second raise for a bitcoin fund this year.

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Markets

Bitcoin ETP Listed on Europe's Third-Largest Exchange

21Shares said listing on Deutsche Boerse's Xetra platform will make its Bitcoin ETP accessible to a broader institutional market.

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Finance

BitMEX Owner HDR Appoints Former Bank of China Exec to Board

HDR Global Trading said David Wong – a former deputy CEO at Bank of China – will join its board as a non-executive chairman.

Arthur Hayes, then-CEO of BitMEX, speaks at CoinDesk's Consensus 2018.