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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Tech

Scroll's SCR Token Debuts at $212M Market Cap in Volatile Trading Session

Scroll users vented their frustration at SCR token allocation last week.

Scroll co-founder Sandy Peng (Bradley Keoun)

Tech

Crypto Employee's Use of Laptop Outside of Work Cited in Data Breach Affecting 93K Transak Users

Transak, a so-called "onramp" used by crypto platforms like Metamask, Binance and Trust Wallet allowing customers to buy cryptocurrencies, says the leak was limited to "names" and "basic identity information."

Hacker attacking internet

Markets

Staked Ether Is Creating a Benchmark for the Crypto Economy, Says ARK Invest

The growing use of stETH in DeFi protocols means ether’s yield is slowly taking the role of the federal funds rate in the crypto ecosystem, according to a report from Ark Invest.

Cathie Wood, CEO of ARK Invest, at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk (Suzanne Cordiero)

Tech

Jailhouse Block: Elvis Digital Art Collection Will Inscribe on the Bitcoin Network

A digital art collection of Elvis Presley, "Elvis Side $Btc," will be inscribed on the Bitcoin blockchain by OrdinalsBot and IP project Royalty.

Elvis Presley performs in concert at the Milwaukee Arena on April 27, l977, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Ronald C. Modra/ Getty Images)

Opinion

Crypto for Advisors: Bitcoin’s Price

Bitcoin began to gain wider attention in the October 2023 rally when it became more clear that so-called “spot” ETFs would be approved and launched soon. The launch of 11 ETFs on Jan. 11 was a milestone for the digital asset world and broke ETF records.

(Cytonn Photography/Unsplash)

Tech

Gold Arrives on 'Digital Gold' as Bitcoin Gets Tokenized Version of the Metal

Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency, is often referred to as "digital gold," but now it is possible to mint and trade physical gold on the Bitcoin blockchain via the Ordinals protocol – essentially encoding ownership of the yellow metal into an NFT.

(Shutterstock)

Tech

Protocol Village: Team Behind Mento, EVM for Stable Assets on Celo, Raises $10M, Publishes Roadmap

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Oct. 10-16.

Protocol Village is CoinDesk's living column chronicling blockchain tech project updates (CoinDesk)

Tech

Radiant Capital Loses $50M to Second Blockchain Exploit This Year

Attackers appear to have obtained three out of 11 private keys needed to upgrade the protocol.

ddos (Shutterstock)

Tech

The Protocol: Crypto Turns Up Nose at Trump Token Sale, 'Gold Paper'

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's pledge to support the crypto industry with favorable policies hasn't translated to a robust reception for his token sale this week, with just a tiny fraction placed out of the targeted $300 million.

Karate Combat's Tech Hustler and  Tactical Investing fight at CoinDesk Consensus in May 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Shutterstock for Consensus)

Tech

Crypto Usage Setting Records Amid Regulatory Uncertainty, A16z Says in Report

The report highlights a dramatic increase in blockchain activity, with 220 million addresses interacting with the technology at least once in September, triple the number in late 2023.

Chris Dixon of a16z Crypto announces another $25 million in U.S. campaign donations at Consensus 2024. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)