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.

Latest from Bradley Keoun

Markets

First Mover: Ether Eyed as Value Play With Bitcoin Pressing $20K

As prices consolidate below $20K, traders cue off macroeconomic factors - like Biden remark that $908B stimulus would be "down payment."

Dec 3, 2020

This one or that one? Investors weigh value proposition of Ethereum's ether as bitcoin pushes to new high.

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First Mover: Short Shrift for XRP Token's 169% Price Surge as Traders Obsess Over Bitcoin

XRP soared 169% in November, topping performance of the CoinDesk 20 digital assets during a month when bitcoin dominated headlines.

Dec 2, 2020

XRP dominated the performance rankings of the CoinDesk 20 digital assets in November.

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XRP Led November's Crypto Bull Run With 169% Gain

XRP jumped 169% in November to top the performance rankings among digital assets in the CoinDesk 20, outperforming bitcoin and ether.

Dec 2, 2020

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First Mover: Bitcoin's Failure to Break $20K Shows Big Investors Only Just Arriving

Institutional adoption is the buzzword du jour, probably a factor in bitcoin's price rally close to $20,000, and not even really happening yet.

Dec 1, 2020

Cryptocurrency analysts were assessing the fallout as bitcoin retreated from a new all-time high price.

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5 Reasons Why Bitcoin Just Hit an All-Time High Price

Growing investor interest, central bank money printing and PayPal's entree helped push bitcoin prices above their previous December 2017 record.

Nov 30, 2020

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First Mover: You Call That a Record? Bitcoin's November Gains Are 3x Stock Market's

It's no longer really news when bitcoin outperforms traditional markets, but November could prove a crucial month for the largest cryptocurrency.

Nov 30, 2020

As stock-market prices climb ever higher, bitcoin is towering above them and proving resilient.

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First Mover: Near Record Highs, Bitcoin May Have a Volatile Week

Bitcoin prices are near all-time high, while its one-month implied volatility metric has jumped to four-month highs.

Nov 23, 2020

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First Mover: Bitcoin ‘Rich List’ Grows as Whales HODL and Price Retakes $18K

Bitcoin's "rich list" hits an all-time high alongside the meteoric price rally.

Nov 20, 2020

Bitcoin "whales" have been known to make waves in the market.

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First Mover: What China Crackdown Means for $18K Bitcoin as Dimon Passes on 'Tea'

Fewer new bitcoin may be hitting the market because miners in China can't sell their bitcoins due to a crackdown by their government.

Nov 19, 2020

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First Mover: As Bitcoin Shoots Past $18K, There's Comfort in the Crowded Trade

"Long bitcoin" is one of the most crowded trades in markets, a new survey suggests. But signs indicate many investors are just now getting in.

Nov 18, 2020

Bitcoin surged past $18,000, just a day after breaching $17,000.