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

The Protocol: From 'Node Sales' to 'Address Poisoning,' the Money's in Crypto

In this week's issue of The Protocol newsletter, we dive into the crypto industry's fundraising method du jour – it's all about the decentralization! PLUS: Polyhedra says its ZK prover is 2x faster than anyone else's.

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Tech

It's Not a Token Offering, It's a 'Node Sale': Sophon Blockchain Raises $60M

The blockchain project's founders aren't even publicly named, but they've enjoyed remarkable success in fundraising, partly thanks to this increasingly popular fundraising method, where the longer you wait, the higher price you pay.

Tiered node sales, like this one from Sophon, mean that the longer buyers wait, they will have to pay a higher price. (Sophon/modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)

Tech

Popular Crypto Wallet MetaMask Rolls Out 'Smart Transactions' to Combat Ethereum Front-Running

It's the first step on a more ambitious roadmap to transform how Ethereum's biggest wallet works under the hood.

MetaMask has quietly rolled out a limited version of its new routing tech into the new Smart Swaps feature (MetaMask, modified by CoinDesk)

Learn

What Is Restaking? What Is Liquid Restaking? What Is EigenLayer?

EigenLayer and similar "restaking" protocols are currently the buzziest investment in blockchain, but the technology isn't without risks.

Recycling (Pawel Czerwinski/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto for Advisors: Digital Asset Custody’s Future

Once they reach a certain level of sophistication, there’s a clear trend for Web3 asset holders to transition their digital asset wealth to self-custody.

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Tech

Web3 Publishing Platform Mirror Sells to Paragraph, Pivots to Social App 'Kiosk'

Mirror and Paragraphs are rivals in the Web3 publishing space, and their deal allows Mirror's team to operate as an independent company focused exclusively on social media.

Lybra Finance launched its version 2 test network on Arbitrum Wednesday morning. (Getty Images)

Tech

The Protocol: EigenLayer's 'Intersubjective Forking' Is Objectively Not Done

Much-hyped restaking project EigenLayer's 43-page whitepaper about its now-revealed EIGEN token has raised lots of questions. They may not matter initially, because much of the promised functionality won't be ready when the token launches.

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Tech

Bitcoin's Ethereum-Style Programmability Could Come in 12 Months, Rootstock Founder Says

The new project would build off the much-discussed "BitVM" design released last year by developer Robin Linus, which has kindled hopes that the oldest and largest blockchain could eventually see Ethereum-style programmable layer-2 networks.

Rootstock founder Sergio Demian Lerner spoke Wednesday about BitVMX at the Bitcoin++ conference in Austin, Texas (Bradley Keoun)

Tech

Protocol Village: Chainlink CCIP to Power New 'FIX-Native Blockchain Adapter' With Rapid Addition

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 25-May 1.

Scene from Protocol Village at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas.