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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

Pitch Deck Says Solana Is Courting Dish Network, Kik for Its 'Web-Scale' Blockchain

Solana is looking to raise up to $12M at a $125M valuation, touting potential relationships with Dish and Kin in a pitch deck seen by CoinDesk.

Mar 9, 2020

Dish Network and Kin are both looking to build on top of Solana's protocol, according to a pitch deck reviewed by CoinDesk. (Image via Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock)

Finance

Legacy Trust's Crypto Spin-Off Receives $3M to Roll Out Asian Settlement Platform

First Digital Trust has won backing from Taiwan-based Nogle for its upcoming Asia-focused crypto settlement solution for institutions.

Mar 9, 2020

TR Lab is based in Hong Kong.

Policy

China Injects $4.7M Into Central Bank's Blockchain Trade Finance Platform

Thirty-eight banks have started using the platform since it entered the test phase in September 2018.

Mar 9, 2020

People's Bank of China's headquarters in Beijing

Policy

tZero-Affiliated Firm Hopes SEC Will Pass Updated Proposal for Security Token Platform

The Boston Options Exchange modified its plan to launch a security token exchange, increasing its required market makers and bringing its listing standards closer to the NYSE's.

Mar 9, 2020

Credit: Shutterstock

Policy

Japan Doesn't Need a Digital Yen, Asserts BOJ Official

A digital yen could have serious unintended consequences, the Bank of Japan's deputy governor warned.

Mar 6, 2020

Japanese yen

Finance

Exchange Technology Developer AlphaPoint Raises $5.6M in Latest Funding Round

A member of FINRA's board of governors has also joined AlphaPoint's board.

Mar 6, 2020

Trading screen

Markets

Moonshots Capital, DCG, Tezos Back $2.5M Fundraise for Crypto Software Provider

Zabo, which claims to be able to link bank accounts to crypto wallets directly, raised $2.5 million from Moonshots Capital and other firms to build out its engineering team and customers.

Mar 5, 2020

Credit: Shutterstock

Finance

A New York Power Plant Is Mining $50K Worth of Bitcoin a Day

The power plant believes it will remain profitable even after the halving event in May.

Mar 5, 2020

Greenidge Generation's bitcoin mining facility.

Tech

Web3 Foundation Funds Technical Bridge Connecting Polkadot to Bitcoin

Web3 has awarded grants to more than 100 projects building on Polkadot.

Mar 5, 2020

Bridge

Tech

New Cross-Chain Network Plans to Bring Bitcoin’s Liquidity to the DeFi Space

Kyber Network and Bancor Network have been integrated into a new platform that provides cross-chain liquidity for decentralized finance.

Mar 5, 2020

Galia Benartzi, co-founder of Bancor. Credit: Brady Dale for CoinDesk
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