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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Tecnologie

Starknet's STRK Jumps After Developer StarkWare Agrees to Delay Token Unlocks

StarkWare, the developer behind the Ethereum layer-2 blockchain Starknet, had come under heavy criticism for the unlocking schedule for its new STRK tokens.

Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-founder and CEO of StarkWare (StarkWare)

Finanza

Crypto for Advisors: Bitcoin’s 4th Halving Is Approaching

The approval of the spot bitcoin ETFs constituted a landmark event for the $1.7 trillion digital asset industry. With institutional investors on board, demand for bitcoin will grow significantly.

(Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash)

Finanza

Eigen Labs, Developer Behind Restaking Protocol EigenLayer, Raises $100M From A16z Crypto

Pioneering restaking project EigenLayer, a project led by Sreeram Kannan, isn't even live, but investors are piling in. A16z Crypto is affiliated with the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.

EigenLayer CEO Sreeram Kannan (University of Michigan, modified by CoinDesk)

Tecnologie

Risk Manager Gauntlet Terminates Relationship with Aave, Citing DAO Dysfunction

Gauntlet co-founder John Morrow said his team "found it difficult to navigate the inconsistent guidelines and unwritten objectives" of Aave's "largest stakeholders."

Risk (Gino Crescoli/Pixabay)

Tecnologie

Protocol Village: Fuel Labs Evolves Into 'Rollup OS,' With Multiple Native Assets, Combating State Bloat

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

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

Tecnologie

The Protocol: Restaking Tokens Are Exploding, and Restaking Isn't Even Live

In this week's issue of our weekly blockchain tech newsletter, Sam Kessler explores how "liquid restaking tokens" or LRTs are remaking decentralized finance. PLUS: Starknet's STRK airdrop, Stellar's smart-contract facelift and bitcoin's supply crunch.

(Alina Grubnyak/Unsplash)

Mercati

Why Polygon's MATIC Token Has Lagged During Past Year's Crypto Rally

MATIC was overvalued at the start of the ongoing crypto bull run, one observer said.

Polygon co-founders Sandeep Nailwal, Jordi Baylina and Antoni Martin (Polygon)

Tecnologie

As Crypto 'Points' Farming Grows, So Does Risk of Vague Promises

Liquid restaking protocols based on EigenLayer are offering "point" incentives attached to the vague prospect of future airdrops, but the trend carries risks.

Crypto projects are offering "points" to lure in new users. (Sigmund/Unsplash)

Tecnologie

Liquid Restaking Protocol Puffer Rakes in $1B in Deposits in Just 3 Weeks

Liquid restaking protocols are seeing ample demand from users as speculation mounts over potential applications for the Ethereum restaking juggernaut EigenLayer, and the prospects for rewards paid out to early users.

Puffer fish (Stelio Puccinelli/Unsplash)