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

Jack Dorsey Enables Bitcoin Emoji on Twitter Posts

The Twitter and Square founder also appears to be pushing Unicode to introduce the bitcoin emoji in the universal web standard.

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Tech

Winklevoss Patents Tout Use Case for Gemini Stablecoin Tech in Banking

Banks and other "trusted entities" could become licensed issuers of the stablecoin, the patents suggest.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Gemini founders (Shutterstock)

Tech

'Key Milestone' for Hyperledger as Fabric Blockchain Platform Reaches 2.0 Release

Version 2.0 marks the most significant release since Fabric first launched in 2017.

Brian Behlendorf, Hyperledger executive director. Image via CoinDesk

Markets

Deribit to Launch Daily BTC Options as Regulated Competition Heats Up

Launching Feb. 3, Deribit's daily bitcoin index options will appeal to a different kind of trader, the firm says.

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Markets

Nomura Launching Benchmark for Japan's Crypto Assets

Pegged to Japan's cryptocurrency market, Nomura's benchmark will be available to domestic and overseas institutional investors and crypto exchanges, among others.

Tokyo Skyline (f11photo/Shutterstock)

Markets

Cambodia Readies a Blockchain-Based Digital Currency

Cambodia's central bank digital currency platform has the support of 11 national banks and will be used initially for domestic payments once launched at some point during the first fiscal quarter of this year.

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Finance

Bittrex Takes Out Record $300M Insurance on Crypto Held in Cold Storage

The insurance was underwritten by Arch Syndicate 2012, which provides specialized insurance for corporations.

Bittrex (Shutterstock)

Policy

Andrew Yang: US Has to Fix Its 'Hodgepodge' Crypto Regulation

The current fragmented system of regulating cryptocurrencies in the U.S. is "bad for everybody," Andrew Yang said.

Andrew Yang (left) 
at Consensus 2019

Finance

Ethereum-Based Ad Firm Bidooh Sues Founders in Tech Ownership Dispute

The co-founders are countersuing, claiming the company – which developed "Minority Report-inspired ad boards – has been hijacked.

Credit: Abdul Alim

Policy

France Charges Alleged BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik Following Greek Extradition

French prosecutors have charged Vinnik on counts of extortion, aggravated money laundering, conspiracy and more.

Alexander Vinnik