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

Robinhood May Face $10M SEC Fine Over Disclosure Failures

Robinhood is reportedly under investigation by the SEC for not fully disclosing that it was passing customer orders on to market makers.

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Markets

Retail Trading Platforms Pile Into $5M Funding Round for Zero Hash Crypto Settlements Firm

Three trading platforms focused on the retail market have participated in the $4.75 million Series C for a crypto settlement service.

Edward Woodford, co-founder of Seed CX and Zero Hash (far right), appears on a panel at Consensus 2019.

Tech

Newly Discovered Malware Has Arsenal of Tricks to Help It Steal Crypto

Cybersecurity researchers said "KyberCibule" covertly mines for privacy coin monero and could also steal victims' passwords and divert crypto funds.

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Markets

Police Reportedly Raid Headquarters of Bithumb, South Korea's Largest Exchange

Crypto exchange Bithumb has reportedly been seized by police in Seoul on allegations that its chairman engaged in investment fraud.

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Policy

US Moves to Seize $400M From Convicted OneCoin Money Launderer

The U.S. Department of Justice wants an attorney to hand over the massive sum he helped launder for the OneCoin scheme.

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Markets

Bitfinex Owner Invests $1M in Dusk's Security Token Exchange

The investment from Bitfinex's parent will go on getting Dusk Network's security token exchange off the ground.

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Finance

HSBC and Singapore Exchange Execute Successful $300M Digital Bond Issuance

Corporate bonds from Olam International – a major commodities supplier – were issued on SGX's digital asset platform.

Singapore

Policy

Tezos Investors Win $25M Settlement in Court Case Over $230M ICO

A U.S. lawsuit that alleged the Tezos ICO was an unregistered securities sale has been settled for $25 million.

Tezos co-founder Kathleen Breitman (Brady Dale/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Mining Facility With Room for 50,000 Rigs Set to Launch in Kazakhstan

The 180-megawatt facility that will be able to host 50,000 bitcoin mining rigs is set to launch sometime in early September.

The Ekibastuz mining facility.

Markets

It's Now Cheaper to Buy One Bitcoin Than to Buy a Single DeFi Token YFI

On a per-coin basis, YFI governance token from DeFi protocol yEarn now costs more than industry behemoth bitcoin.

YFI price action in the past 24 hours (CoinGecko)