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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Finance

MakerDAO Is Now 'Sky' as $7B Crypto Lender Rolls Out New Stablecoin, Governance Token

The driving motivation behind the changes was "how to scale DeFi to gigantic size" and grow a decentralized stablecoin, Rune Christensen said in an interview with CoinDesk.

MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen (Trevor Jones)

Tech

Sony, Electronics Pioneer Behind Walkman, Starts Own Blockchain 'Soneium'

The new project, "Soneium" will be a layer-2 network atop the Ethereum blockchain, using technology from Optimism's OP Stack.

Sony Block Solutions Lab Director Sota Watanabe (Startale Labs)

Finance

Crypto for Advisors: Are Crypto SMAs Right for Institutions?

Separately Managed Accounts, or SMAs, offer significant advantages over ETFs for institutional investors who want to invest in crypto via actively managed accounts.

(Ahmed/Unsplash+)

Tech

Protocol Village: Nym's VPN App Moves to Public Beta, GenLayer Raises $7.5M

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Aug. 15-21.

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

Tech

The Protocol: Now Everyone's Putting a Wrapper on Bitcoin

In this week's issue of CoinDesk's newsletter on blockchain technology, we're covering the drama surrounding "wrapped bitcoin" as Tron founder Justin Sun assumes a custody role, signs of upheaval in the Urbit ecosystem and the rise of dark pools on Ethereum.

(Arturo Esparza/Unsplash)

Finance

Story Protocol Developer Raises $80M Series B, Led by A16z, for Intellectual Property Chain

"We’re focused on solving a real problem that impacts the creative industry, not just creating another technical tweak," PIP Labs CEO SY Lee says.

PIP Labs CEO and Story Protocol Co-Founder SY Lee (Provided)

Tech

'Wartime CEO': Urbit's Founder Returns in Shakeup at Moonshot Software Project

"We're here to fix this," Curtis Yarvin says of the struggling endeavor to rebuild the entire internet computing stack from scratch.

Urbit founder Curtis Yarvin (David Merfield/NASA, composite by Jesse Hamilton for CoinDesk)

Tech

Dark Pools Dominate Ethereum as Private Transactions Surge – at Least by One Measure

More transactions on the blockchain are getting routed privately as users try to avoid front-running bots that eat into trading margins, but network observers worry about a loss of transparency – and potentially a trend toward centralization.

More Ethereum transactions are going private, getting sent directly to validators in a so-called "dark pool" arrangement (Hubert Robert/Metropolitan Museum of Art, modified by CoinDesk using Photomosh)

Tech

Fabric, Startup Building 'VPU' Chips for Cryptography, Raises $33M

The fundraising, co-led by Blockchain Capital and 1kx, will be used to "build computing chips, software and cryptographic algorithms," the company said.

Fabric Cryptography team (Fabric Cryptography)

Tech

Bitcoin's Programmability Draws Closer to Reality as Robin Linus Delivers 'BitVM2'

Last October's publication of the "BitVM" paradigm inspired a wave of projects aiming to build layer-2 networks and protocols secured by the largest and oldest blockchain. The latest version brings efficiency gains and overcomes critical shortcomings.

Robin Linus, at the Bitcoin Nashville conference in July (Bradley Keoun)