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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Finance

YouNow's Regulated Crypto Project Props Will Migrate to Algorand Blockchain

Props is hoping the move onto public blockchain Algorand will help it expand.

YouNow event (Credit: Randy Miramontez / Shutterstock.com)

Finance

YouTube Suspends Ripple’s Tech Chief Days After XRP Scam Lawsuit Filing

Schwartz's channel was suspended for impersonation, but he's no idea why.

jk

Markets

Boerse Stuttgart's Bitcoin Exchange Adds Stop Orders as Volatility Hedge

The firm says it's implemented "volatility interruptions" to protect traders from having all their stops triggered in a flash crash.

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Markets

SEC Opposes Blockchain Association's Brief Supporting Kik, Says Group Isn't 'Neutral'

The SEC says 7 members of the Blockchain Association have financial interests in Kik in its opposition to the group's brief around the case.

SEC Chairman Jay Clayton

Markets

Libra Has a Flawed Crisis Model, Says Ex-IMF Economist

Libra's revised whitepaper resembles clearinghouse certificates that the U.S. used to prevent bank runs before the Federal Reserve was created, a former IMF economist says.

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Markets

Samsung Adds Tron Dapps to Galaxy Store

Samsung smartphone and tablet users in the U.S. and Europe can now download Tron-based dapps.

Tron founder Justin Sun

Tech

New Crypto Bridge Will Make Tether Transactions Cheaper, CTO Says

Bitfinex and Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino says he hopes pToken – a project he has assisted – will make it easier for retail USDT holders to swap their tokens from one chain to another.

Paolo Ardoino

Finance

Bidooh Founders Admit to Cloning Business for Rival Advertising Venture

The founders had used the tech to establish a rival advertising firm, but claimed they'd been "screwed out of" their company.

Image courtesy of Bidooh

Tech

AVA Labs Will Splash Millions to 'Brain Merge' DeFi and Traditional Finance

AVA is already in dialogue with five DeFi projects interested in receiving some of the "many millions" it's making available in grants.

Emin Gun Sirer speaking at CoinDesk Consensus

Markets

Bakkt CEO Mike Blandina Steps Down 4 Months After Taking Role

Mike Blandina, Bakkt’s CEO since December 2019, will be stepping down from the role, CoinDesk has learned.

Bakkt President Adam White