Paddy Baker

Paddy Baker
London, England

Paddy Baker

Contributor
London, England
Paddy Baker was the former Associate Editor at Crypto Briefing. His interests in global finance and cryptocurrency may seem at odds with his background as a lover of history, but he asserts that understanding the past is the key to understanding the future. Paddy lives a short bike-ride away from ten million other people and has yet to be seen in public without his laptop.

  • Crypto’s Biggest Challenge: Permissioned Digital Currencies

    Opinion

    In a pattern similar to the five stages of grief, cryptocurrencies appear to be going through the ‘five stages of acceptance’ in mainstream society. First there was pure ignorance; then...

  • Bring It On! Deribit Ready As Bakkt Unveils Bitcoin Options

    Business

    There was a time in crypto… long, long ago… before last week, even…  that if you wanted a Bitcoin option, the place to go was Deribit. But that could be...

  • Anchorage’s Maker Voting System To Give Institutions Say On Stability Fees

    Business

    Decentralized governance has faced a series of teething problems: hackers can exploit loopholes in the codebase; community agendas can be hijacked by a vocal minority of trolls and spammers; many...

  • Chainlink Price: Did One Incorrect Word Create The Billion Dollar Surge?

    Analysis

    It’s no secret that the decentralized oracle network Chainlink (LINK) has been one of the best performing digital assets of 2019, despite crypto winter and the absence of an altcoin...

  • Approve Or I’m Outta Here: Even Zuckerberg Is Sick Of US Legislators’ Crypto Reticence

    Analysis

    It was perhaps the last thing anyone expected of today’s testimony: Mark Zuckerberg telling the House Financial Services Committee that if they don’t approve his Libra crypto project and get...

  • Crypto Market Tanks $10bn Ahead Of Libra Testimony

    Markets

    The crypto market has plunged down by more than ten billion dollars today as traders begin to sell in anticipation of a bearish outcome as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg appears...

  • Chinese And Thai Traders Stockpile Bitcoin As Asian Fears Of Recession Grow

    Markets

    Economic uncertainty in the world’s second-largest economy may explain a sudden surge in the amount of Bitcoin (BTC) purchased with Chinese Yuan (CNY) as local traders place value into something...

  • Tether Considers Algorithmic Stablecoin: Codename USDTX

    Business

    Stablecoin provider Tether is considering creating an algorithmic alternative to its popular USDT token – possibly allowing traders to use cryptocurrency as collateral – as a means to provide another...

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