Bradley Keoun

Bradley Keoun is CoinDesk's managing editor of tech & protocols, where he oversees a team of reporters covering blockchain technology, and previously ran the global crypto markets team. A two-time Loeb Awards finalist, he previously was chief global finance and economic correspondent for TheStreet and before that worked as an editor and reporter for Bloomberg News in New York and Mexico City, reporting on Wall Street, emerging markets and the energy industry. He started out as a police-beat reporter for the Gainesville Sun in Florida and later worked as a general-assignment reporter for the Chicago Tribune. Originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana, he double-majored in electrical engineering and classical studies as an undergraduate at Duke University and later obtained a master's in journalism from the University of Florida. He is currently based in Austin, Texas, and in his spare time plays guitar, sings in a choir and hikes in the Texas Hill Country. He owns less than $1,000 each of several cryptocurrencies.

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First Mover: Crypto Gawks at GameStop, Sees Shades of Self

Digital-market traders found amusement in the GameStop saga. They also saw an opportunity for self-reflection. Here's what Niall Ferguson, Caitlin Long, Mati Greenspan and Jonathan Mohan said.

GameStop's 900% gain (and the wipeout of Wall Street shareholders) is the talk of financial markets from stocks to crypto.

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First Mover: Risks Nobody's Ever Seen, From the Fed to Tether (and GameStop)

Risks surrounding tether have been known for years, but they're commanding fresh attention as the amount outstanding swells to $25B.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

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First Mover: The Smart Money (Literally) Buying Crypto as Harvard Said to Be Holding

The brain trust has blessed cryptocurrencies, with endowments for Harvard and other universities reportedly lapping up digital assets. For bitcoin marketeers, it's a new $600B money pot.

Harvard University's Widener Library

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First Mover: Bitcoin Flushes 'Weak Hands' as Ethereum Hits New All-Time High

Last week's rout in bitcoin market looks like "weak hands" selling out because bidders appeared to materialize whenever prices fell to $30K.

"The Amateur," by Attilio Simonetti.

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First Mover: Bitcoin ‘Double-Spend’ FUD Gives Newbies a Volatility Lesson

A mixture of bearish price-chart patterns and ill-understood news items combined to cause bitcoin's biggest price plunge since March, in a demonstration to market newcomers of the cryptocurrency's notorious volatility.    

Fear, uncertainty and doubt are hitting the bitcoin market.

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Bitcoin Worries 'Fading' as Crypto Goes Mainstream, S&P Says

S&P joins a growing list of Wall Street firms to weigh in on bitcoin after prices for the cryptocurrency quadrupled in 2020.

S&P says there are a "lot of similarities" between bitcoin and gold.

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First Mover: As Bitcoin Flips Bearish, Neither Biden Nor BlackRock Brightens Mood

There are many long-term bulls in the bitcoin market. But in the short term?

Cryptocurrency analysts see stormy weather in the forecast for bitcoin.

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First Mover: What's Next for Ethereum After Cryptocurrency Hits All-Time High

The Ethereum blockchain is growing fast thanks to DeFi, and some traders say the ether cryptocurrency could notch further gains.

Wednesday's inauguration of a new U.S. president continues a tradition that started with George Washington taking the oath of office in 1989.

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First Mover: Ethereum Steals Limelight With New All-Time High Price as Bitcoiners HODL

Crypto traders shift focus to ether as second-largest cryptocurrency surges to new record price, but bitcoiners aren't going anywhere.

Ether, the second-biggest cryptocurrency, is pressing toward new frontiers after setting a new all-time high price.

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First Mover: Biden's $1.9T Plan Shows 'Blue Wave' Bitcoiners Saw Coming

The Federal Reserve might need to print money to help finance Biden's coronavirus relief proposal, to keep Treasury bond interest rates from climbing.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, speaking Thursday in a virtual chat hosted by the Princeton University Bendheim Center for Finance.