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Paddy Baker

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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.

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Greece
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.
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By Paddy Baker
Jan 23, 2020 at 6:45 p.m. UTC
Jan 23, 2020
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Markets
Exchanges
ErisX Adds New Trading Features With Etale Partnership
The partnership will provide clients with machine learning-based order execution.
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By Paddy Baker
Jan 23, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 23, 2020
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Tech
Mining pools
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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By Paddy Baker
Jan 23, 2020 at 12:30 p.m. UTC
Jan 23, 2020
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Policy
Property
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.
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By Paddy Baker
Jan 23, 2020 at 9:50 a.m. UTC
Jan 23, 2020
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Tech
Payments
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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By Paddy Baker
Jan 22, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 22, 2020
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Tech
Hyperledger
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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By Paddy Baker
Jan 22, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 22, 2020
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Markets
Bank of canada
6 Central Banks Form Digital Currency Use Case Working Group
The working group will pool research into CBDCs.
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By Paddy Baker
Jan 21, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 21, 2020
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Policy
Switzerland
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.
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By Paddy Baker
Jan 21, 2020 at 12:45 p.m. UTC
Jan 21, 2020
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Tech
E-money
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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By Paddy Baker
Jan 21, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 21, 2020
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Tax
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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By Paddy Baker
Jan 20, 2020 at 3:43 p.m. UTC
Jan 20, 2020
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