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: Bitcoin Cash's Halving Was Dull – Bitcoin's May Be Much the Same

Maybe don't get too excited about the bitcoin halving after what we saw yesterday.

Apr 9, 2020

Markets

First Mover: A Sneak Preview of Bitcoin's Halving – in Real Time

As central banks around the world inject trillions into the global economy, investors are looking at bitcoin and its "halving" as a hedge against inflation.

Apr 8, 2020

Markets

First Mover: Bitcoin's Back in the Black for 2020

Volatility is returning in a positive way, prices are going up and enthusiasm is returning to digital-asset markets.

Apr 7, 2020

Ready to rock? (Credit: Shutterstock/dwphotos)

Markets

First Mover: Trillions in Coronavirus Stimulus Bring Out the Bitcoin Bulls

It's a common refrain: The U.S. dollar will be debased by the trillions in coronavirus aid. That should strengthen the case for bitcoin... theoretically.

Apr 6, 2020

Markets

Bitcoin Briefly Tops $7K as Traders Say Worst of 2020 Sell-Off May Have Passed

Bitcoin (BTC) rose Thursday for the fourth straight session and briefly climbed above $7,000 for the first time in three weeks.

Apr 2, 2020

Finance

Remote Working Proves Unexpected Hero as Half of US Economy Shifts to Home Offices

To those who believe in a digital future in which decentralization makes systems more resilient, the coronavirus crisis has expedited the inevitable.

Mar 31, 2020

Markets

After Coronavirus 'War,' Bretton Woods-Style Shakeup Could Dethrone the Dollar

Seismic shifts might be in the offing for the global monetary system — a phenomenon that historically has occurred in the wake of world wars.

Mar 27, 2020

OLD GUARD: The Bretton Woods gathering in 1944 entrenched the dollar’s near-century-long reign as the world’s dominant currency (Credit: U.S. Office of War Information in the National Archives, via World Bank).

Markets

Into the Unknown: No Limit on Fed Money Injections

Drastic measures are being taken by the Federal Reserve as Wall Street reels from fresh predictions of a steep drop-off in economic output due to coronavirus-related lockdowns, business disruptions and job losses.

Mar 23, 2020

Markets

In Echo of 2008, Fed Pledges $1.5 Trillion Injection to Aid Reeling Markets

The pumping of trillions of dollars of fresh liquidity into the financial system recalled the central bank’s unprecedented efforts during the last crisis.

Mar 12, 2020

The U.S. Federal Reserve is taking a more cautious approach towards CBDCs than in many other countries, including China.

Markets

Down 26%: Bitcoin Sees Worst Sell-Off in 7 Years as Coronavirus Spurs Flight to Safety

Bitcoin suffered its biggest drop in seven years, as fears over the spreading coronavirus triggered a new wave of selling in everything from stocks and junk bonds to cryptocurrencies.

Mar 12, 2020

Cleaner sweeping the floor after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929. Source: Wikimedia Commons