Bradley Keoun

Managing Editor, Tech & Protocols

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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Tech

'Bitcoin Jesus' Says He Has the Money to Pay Ailing Crypto Lender Genesis

Roger Ver, an early Bitcoin advocate who now advocates for the Bitcoin Cash blockchain, has been accused in court by Genesis of failing to settle cryptocurrency options, with $20.9 million of damages sought.

Jan 25, 2023

Tech

Genesis Seeks $20.9M From ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Over Crypto Options Trades That Weren’t Settled

The court action seeks damages from Bitcoin Cash backer Roger Ver related to the alleged failure to settle cryptocurrency options transactions that expired on Dec. 30, 2022.

Jan 24, 2023

Markets

First Mover Asia: What's Next for Bitcoin After Biggest One-Day Price Pop in 2 Months?

Plus: Shaurya Malwa writes that security firms are predicting that blockchain bridges can avoid some of the carnage of 2022 this year by security features built during the bear market.

Jan 13, 2023

Bitcoin vaulted over $19K before settling down to around $18,800. (Shutterstock)

Markets

First Mover Asia: The Next Avraham Eisenberg Isn’t Going to Be a ChatGPT-Powered ‘Script Kiddie’

Plus: Bitcoin broke $18K Thursday after pushing the threshold for the 10th time in 12 days the day before.

Jan 12, 2023

Markets

First Mover Asia: Behind the Scenes on Indonesia's New Official Crypto Exchange

PLUS: In crypto markets, there's a mini-rally in bitcoin, a narrowing of the "Grayscale discount" and a rally in altcoins.

Jan 11, 2023

Yakarta toma un interés activo para regular el sector de las criptomonedas. (Getty Images)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Eclipses $17K, Breaking Out of Three-Week Trading Range

Since mid-December, bitcoin had failed to finish a trading day (universal coordinated time or UTC basis) over $17,000, and now analysts wonder if the largest cryptocurrency has formed a market bottom after a horrendous 2022.

Jan 9, 2023

Bitcoin finally managed to break the $17,000 threshold after trading in the doldrums since mid-December. (Leo Reynolds/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin, Ether Hold as US Stocks Fall

Plus: Glenn Ardi of CoinDesk Indonesia writes about Indonesia's vision of government permitting and controlling Web3 and DeFi by providing a government-sanctioned payment layer.

Dec 23, 2022

HODL can also stand for "hold on for dear life." (Credit: Shutterstock)

Markets

Guggenheim's Scott Minerd, Fickle Bitcoin Forecaster, Dies After Heart Attack

Among Wall Street financiers, Minerd was known for his extreme predictions of the largest cryptocurrency's price, often with mixed success.

Dec 22, 2022

Scott Minerd in 2021. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Most Cryptos Stay Flat Like a Windless Lake, but a Popsicle Makes Waves.

Plus: Sam Reynolds questions the logic of calls to ban crypto, arguing that it has little chance of causing problems in traditional finance.

Dec 22, 2022

DeFi project Popsicle’s ICE token tripled in value. (Sheri Silver/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Asia: BitDAO’s $100M Token Buyback Plan Gets Mixed Reviews

Bitcoin is lethargic ahead of the new year.

Dec 21, 2022