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

Unlike Libra, Digital Yuan Will Not Need Currency Reserves to Support Value: PBOC Official

PBOC wants to distinguish its own digital currency from rival private initiatives.

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Markets

Poloniex Drops KYC for Withdrawals Below $10,000 Following US Exit

The new KYC requirements come a week after Poloniex completed its U.S. exit.

George Bailey knew his customers, image via Wikimedia Commons

Markets

CipherTrace to Tackle 'Modern-Day Slavery' With Crypto Analytics

The blockchain security firm has partnered with the Anti-Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative (ATII) to fight human trafficking.

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Policy

Facebook's Social Media Platforms May Give Libra Unfair Advantage, Says ECB's Lagarde

Facebook could leverage its social media platform to block out competitors, according to Christine Lagarde.

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Policy

French Financial Watchdog Approves First ICO Under New 'Visa' Scheme

The approved ICO issuer can now legally market and host their sale until the beginning of June 2020.

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Markets

Investment Giant Fortress Issues New, Lower Buyout Offer for Mt Gox Creditor Claims

Creditors have until Dec. 31 to accept the offer, which is lower than one made previously.

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Markets

Dragonfly Capital, Paradigm Buy $27.5M Stake in Governing MakerDAO's Future

Combined, the VCs have the second largest private stake in the MKR ecosystem.

MakerDAO CEO Rune Christensen image via CoinDesk archives

Tech

Coinbase CEO Armstrong Wins Patent for Tech Allowing Users to Email Bitcoin

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has been granted a U.S. patent for an invention that makes sending bitcoin as easy as email, literally.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Finance

Fidelity-Backed Fireblocks in Talks With Potential Wall Street Clients Following EY Accreditation

Enterprise-focused crypto transaction platform Fireblocks has passed an EY data security audit. Now it can seek clients in traditional finance.

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Markets

Monero's 'Fluffypony' Steps Down as Lead Maintainer of Privacy Coin Project

Riccardo Spagni, better known as "Fluffypony," will relinquish his day-to-day leadership role in the privacy coin project.

Riccardo Spagni, aka "Fluffypony"