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

Alleged BTC-e Operator Will Be Extradited to France After Greek Supreme Court Ruling

Greece's supreme administrative court found that a ruling to extradite alleged BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik to France was lawful. Vinnik can no longer appeal the decision.

Alexander Vinnik being escorted to the Supreme Court in Greece in 2017 (Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock)

Markets

ErisX Adds New Trading Features With Etale Partnership

The partnership will provide clients with machine learning-based order execution.

ErisX CEO Thomas Chippas (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

Tech

Bitcoin Cash Miners Propose Controversial Soft Fork for Zcash-Style Development Fund

The proposed fork will see 12.5 percent of block rewards diverted to a new BCH-specific development fund. Reactions have been mixed.

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Policy

Liechtenstein Regulators Approve Ethereum-Based Real Estate Fund

The fund enables investors to gain exposure to a global real estate portfolio through a ERC-20 security token.

Liechtenstein castle image via shutterstock.

Tech

Jack Dorsey's Square Wins Patent for Fiat-to-Crypto Payments Network

Square's newly awarded patent enables seamless transactions between a number of potential asset types including crypto.

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Tech

Hyperledger to Explore How Blockchain Can Help World Meet Climate Goals

The new climate group will allow participants to share ideas for a new distributed database to track emissions.

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Markets

6 Central Banks Form Digital Currency Use Case Working Group

The working group will pool research into CBDCs.

Bank for International Settlements. Basel, Switzerland.

Policy

Switzerland Softens Tone on Libra After Ex-President Says Project 'Failed'

Switzerland's now-departed president said the project had "failed" in its current form.

Swiss parliament building (Shutterstock)

Tech

Regulated Fintech Firm Monerium to Issue E-Money on Algorand Blockchain

Monerium, which has a European Economic Area e-money license, will bring fiat currency transactions onto Algorand's protocol.

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Policy

South Korea Considers 20% Crypto Income Tax

Officials from the Ministry of Economy and Finance's income tax office have reportedly been reviewing the proposal.

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