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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Policy

Former Bakkt CEO to Help Oversee CFTC in Congress

Newly appointed senator Kelly Loeffler is to join the committee that oversees the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, raising concerns of a possible conflict of interest.

Kelly Loeffler image via CoinDesk archives

Finance

Blockchain Vendor R3 Scores Its Second Patent in a Week

Enterprise software vendor R3 has won a patent for a blockchain-based record system designed to make corporate information-sharing more efficient.

R3's Mike Hearn, image from CoinDesk archives

Tech

DAO Platform Aragon Begins Recruiting Jurors for Tokenized ‘Court’

The blockchain-based court system will allow humans to arbitrate on disputes brought forward by ecosystem members.

Credit: Shutterstock

Policy

Digital Currencies Won't Replace US Dollar Anytime Soon: IMF Chief Economist

Digital currencies do not yet meet the criteria to become a viable alternative to the greenback, according to the IMF's Gita Gopinath.

Gita Gopinath, chief economist of the International Monetary Fund. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Tech

IBM Blockchain App Promotes ‘Virtuous Cycle’ for Sustainable Coffee

IBM is launching a new app that uses blockchain to allow consumers interested in sustainability to trace the coffee they buy along the supply chain.

Image via Shutterstock

Finance

Rivals Signature Bank and Prime Trust Team to Offer Instant Payments for Institutions

Crypto banking rivals Prime Trust and Signature Bank have partnered to offer "real-time" settlements for institutional digital asset trades.

Signature Bank Chairman Scott A. Shay

Tech

Bitcoin Mining Power Hits Fresh All-Time High

Bitcoin's hash rate reached record highs this week, amid rising prices and anticipation of the miner reward halving later this year.

Bitcoin miners

Tech

IOTA Fixes 'Minor' Network Bug Following 15-Hour Mainnet Downtime

The IOTA Foundation said it has resolved a software bug that prevented transactions from confirming on the IOTA network for 15 hours.

Image via Shutterstock

Markets

Hedera Hashgraph Asks Investors to Wait Longer for Tokens After Price Crash

Hedera Hashgraph, the company behind the blockchain-like Hedera network, is asking investors to wait longer for tokens they paid for, in order to stabilize their cratering price.

Winslow Homer's "The Fog Warning" via Wikimedia Commons

Finance

Chinese Internet Giant Tencent to Launch Digital Currency Research Team

Tencent, the Chinese internet giant and owner of WeChat, is reportedly forming a team to explore possible new use cases for cryptocurrencies.

Tencent building in Shenzen, China, image via Shutterstock