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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Opinion

What's Next in SEC v. Ripple?

While the SEC case against Ripple was decided solidly in Ripple’s favor, the takeaways for the rest of the industry are limited.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock)

Markets

Crypto for Advisors: Crypto Volatility and Market Conditions

During times of uncertainty, the increased availability and accessibility of an investor’s portfolio can lead to reduced volatility and panic across all asset classes, including crypto-native tokens.

Viewing the stock board displayed on the electronic bulletin board in the business district

Tech

Chaos Labs Raises $55M as Demand Grows for On-Chain Risk Management

The influx of capital comes as Chaos Labs, founded in 2021, looks to expand its platform, designed to address the growing need for automated risk management in decentralized finance (DeFi).

The Chaos Labs team has raised $55M in Series A funding (Chaos Labs)

Tech

Top Crypto Startup Drove Other Projects' Airdrops to Its Employees

Eigen Labs circulated a list of team members' wallet addresses to EigenLayer ecosystem projects that were preparing to issue tokens. Some teams asked for it. At least one didn't.

EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan at ETHDenver 2024 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

The Protocol: Memecoin Trading Is Suddenly Trump.fun

Blockchain has gone even more ridiculous than usual over the past week, with headlines focused on Trump-themed memecoins and the Solana-based launchpad Pump.fun. PLUS: Ethereum developers tee up revamp of the EVM programming environment.

(History in HD / Unsplash / PhotoMosh)

Tech

Protocol Village: ARPA's Randcast Launches on Taiko, Coinbase Promotes 'cbBTC'

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Aug. 8-14.

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

Tech

As Restaking Takes Shape on Solana, Ethereum's Renzo Jumps in With 'ezSOL'

Liquid restaking protocol Renzo, known for its work on Ethereum-based projects like EigenLayer and Symbiotic, disclosed Wednesday that it's preparing a new liquid staking token focused on the Solana-focused restaking platform now under development by developer Jito Labs.

Renzo founding contributor Lucas Kozinski (Renzo)

Finance

Sahara AI, Blockchain Project Tackling Copyright and Privacy, Raises $43M

The funding round was led by Pantera Capital, Binance Labs and Polychain Capital and included participation from Samsung, Matrix Partners, Foresight Ventures and others.

16:9 Sahara Desert (Ernesta Sakalaite/Pixabay)

Tech

Ethereum Set for Overhaul of Crucial Programming Standard With 'EVM Object Format'

The EOF proposal is a series of planned changes aiming to update the ubiquitous Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) – the programming environment that executes smart contracts on the blockchain, and an evolving industry standard in its own right.

Artistically modified screenshot from code describing new EOF "containers" (Ipsilon/GitHub, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)

Finance

VCs Show 'Flight to Quality' in Q2 Funding Report

PitchBook reports $2.7B in venture funding, up from Q1, but with less deal flow. It expects $12-14B for the year, up significantly on 2023’s numbers.

(QuinceCreative/Pixabay)