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

Customized Crypto Options Seeing Record Demand From Funds, Miners, Says GSR

The Hong Kong-based firm is seeing soaring interest in its customizable options contracts amid high price volatility.

chart screen volatility

Markets

Huobi Adds Crypto 'Circuit Breaker' After Last Week's Mass Liquidations

The new liquidation mechanism would pull the plug on futures trading should prices become too volatile.

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Policy

Judge Calls Out Kleiman Attorneys Over 'Excessive' Fees in Craig Wright Case

The Florida judge has now approved fees and expenses amounting to about a quarter of the amount claimed.

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Tech

Storj's Decentralized Cloud Storage Service 'Tardigrade' Goes Live

The storage system splits files and stores them on multiple nodes to provide more security than centralized alternatives.

Tardigrade 3D illustration. Credit: Shutterstock/3Dstock

Finance

Thai Remittance Platform Starts Processing Ripple Payments

DeeMoney has become the first non-banking institution to use RippleNet in Thailand.

Bangkok, Thailand

Markets

Gemini Continues European Expansion With New Institutional Sales Role

Gemini is hiring a new director for institutional sales in its European office.

Julian Sawyer, Gemini Exchange

Finance

Regulated Exchange Launches in US With Crypto-Backed Visa Card Offering

The new CoinZoom exchange is registered with FinCEN in most U.S. states.

Visa card

Markets

Wave Financial to Tokenize $20M Worth of Bourbon for New Whiskey Fund

Like fine wine, whiskey increases in value as it ages. Now investors can buy a piece of the growing U.S. thirst for bourbon.

Whisky barrels

Markets

Mark Karpeles Accuses Plaintiff in Mt. Gox Lawsuit of Attempting to 'Thwart' Court

Karpeles accused Greene of trying to change claims ahead of a possible summary judgment.

Mark Karpeles, former Mt. Gox CEO

Finance

Coinbase Card Users Can Now Make Crypto-Backed Payments With Google Pay

Card holders will be able to make crypto-backed payments from any Google Pay-enabled device.

Coinbase Card. Image courtesy of the firm