Emily Parker

Executive Director of Global Content

Emily Parker was CoinDesk's executive director of global content. Previously, Emily was a member of the Policy Planning staff at the U.S. State Department, where she advised on Internet freedom and digital diplomacy. Emily was a writer/editor at The Wall Street Journal and an editor at The New York Times. She is the co-founder of LongHash, a blockchain startup that focuses on Asian markets.

She is the author of "Now I Know Who My Comrades Are: Voices From the Internet Underground" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). The book tells the stories of Internet activists in China, Cuba and Russia. Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, called it "a rigorously researched and reported account that reads like a thriller." She was chief strategy officer at Silicon Valley social media startup Parlio, which was acquired by Quora.

She has done public speaking all over the world, and is currently represented by the Leigh Bureau. She has been interviewed on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, BBC and many other television and radio shows. Her book has been assigned at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Tufts, UCSD and other schools.

Emily speaks Chinese, Japanese, French and Spanish. She graduated with Honors from Brown University and has a Masters from Harvard in East Asian Studies. She holds Bitcoin, Ether and smaller amounts of other cryptocurrencies.

Latest from Emily Parker

Videos

Crypto-Friendly Silvergate Bank to Wind Down Operations; Bitcoin Touches Lowest Level in Nearly a Month

Crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank will "voluntarily liquidate" its assets and wind down operations, its holding company, Silvergate Capital Corp., said Wednesday. Bianco Research, LLC President and Macro Strategist Jim Bianco and Opimas, LLC CEO and Founder Octavio Marenzi weigh in on the latest developments. Plus, Crypto Critics' Corner Co-host Bennett Tomlin discusses the recent Wall Street Journal report that the company behind the world's largest stablecoin accessed bank accounts by way of falsified documents and intermediaries.

Mar 9, 2023

Videos

Bitcoin Touches Three-Week Low After Powell's Hawkish Testimony; NEAR Foundation CEO on Web3 Outlook

Bitcoin fell to a three-week low after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's hawkish testimony to Congress spurred traders to price in a higher "terminal rate." The Digital Economy Initiative Advisory Council Member Martha Reyes weighs in. Plus, NEAR Foundation CEO Marieke Flament discusses her outlook on Web3 and female leadership in the crypto space on International Women's Day. Grayscale Investments Chief Legal Officer Craig Salm, MenaPay CEO Çağla Gül Şenkardeş, and WomenInDeFi Brand Strategist Umeh Chinonye also join the conversation. Grayscale and CoinDesk are both owned by Digital Currency Group (DCG).

Mar 8, 2023

Videos

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust at Issue in Court; Yuga Labs Co-founder on Bitcoin NFT Collection

The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust discount to net asset value has fallen to its lowest level in a month, ahead of oral arguments in federal court related to Grayscale's lawsuit against the SEC. Grayscale and CoinDesk are both owned by DCG. Maple Finance Head of Capital Markets Quinn Thompson shares his crypto markets analysis. Plus, the company behind Bored Ape Yacht Club generated $16.5 million from its auction of 288 NFTs in its TwelveFold collection based on the Ordinals protocol. Yuga Labs co-founder Greg Solano shares his reaction. And, Uniswap Labs Chief Operating Officer Mary-Catherine Lader joins the conversation.

Mar 7, 2023

Videos

Silvergate Closes SEN Platform; Singapore Police Reportedly Start Probe Into Do Kwon's Terraform Labs

Silvergate Bank, which warned last week about its ability to remain in business, discontinued its SEN platform that institutions used to move money to crypto exchanges. 21.co co-founder and CEO Hany Rashwan shares his crypto markets reaction after bitcoin's (BTC) price was little-changed over the weekend. And, Puerto Rico has extended its 4% tax incentive to crypto assets and blockchain activities, including staking. Puerto Rico Blockchain Trade Association's Keiko Yoshino joins the conversation.

Mar 6, 2023

Videos

Bitcoin, Ether Fall as Crypto Market Digests Silvergate; Author Neal Stephenson on Future of Metaverse

Bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) are sinking, as customers flee crypto bank Silvergate, whose stock closed 58% lower during U.S. trading yesterday. Forex.com Global Head of Research Matt Weller shares his reaction. Plus, Sotheby’s is auctioning the original manuscript for “Snow Crash,” Neal Stephenson’s landmark 1992 science fiction book that coined the terms “metaverse” and “avatar." Author Neal Stephenson and Sotheby's Head of Sale Cassandra Hatton discuss. And, Audius Co-founder and CEO Roneil Rumburg explains how the web3 music streaming platform is integrating with TikTok.

Mar 3, 2023

Opinion

KEEP a Cripto na América

Se a SEC leva a sério a proteção dos investidores nos EUA, ela deveria querer que a Cripto permanecesse nos Estados Unidos, diz Emily Parker, da CoinDesk.

Mar 2, 2023

Opinion

KEEP le Cripto in America

Se la SEC prende sul serio la protezione degli investitori statunitensi, dovrebbe volere che le Cripto rimangano negli Stati Uniti, afferma Emily Parker di CoinDesk.

Mar 2, 2023

Opinion

Keep Crypto in America

If the SEC is serious about U.S. investor protection, it should want crypto to stay in the United States, says CoinDesk's Emily Parker.

Mar 2, 2023

Opinion

KEEP la Crypto en Amérique

Si la SEC prend au sérieux la protection des investisseurs américains, elle devrait vouloir que la Crypto reste aux États-Unis, déclare Emily Parker de CoinDesk.

Mar 2, 2023

Opinion

KEEP las Cripto en Estados Unidos

Si la SEC se toma en serio la protección de los inversores estadounidenses, debería querer que las Cripto permanezcan en los Estados Unidos, dice Emily Parker de CoinDesk.

Mar 2, 2023

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