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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The Tech Guru Behind Worldcoin: a Q&A With Tiago Sada

The head of product for Tools for Humanity grew up in Mexico, became an expert in robotics and won a scholarship to study in the U.S. Now he's overseeing one of the most interesting (and controversial) blockchain projects.

Tiago Sada, head of product, engineering & design at Tools for Humanity, which is helping to build Worldcoin. (Tools for Humanity)

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Israeli Crypto Firms Scramble to Deal With War, in Between the Sirens

Few operational disruptions were reported, but some crypto employees were getting called up for reserve duty. Executives and developers coped with the stress of attending funerals, responding to security warnings and encountering supermarket shortages.

Tel Aviv skyline. (Gilad Avidan/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

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Israel War Prompts Crypto Firms Including Fireblocks, MarketAcross to Start Aid Fund

The organization will host a multi-signature wallet to collect donations for Israelis in multiple cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) as well as the dollar-linked stablecoins USDT and USDC.

(Eduardo Castro/Pixabay)

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FloorDAO Sends $2.5M to Splinter Group After Months of Fighting Over Financial Commitments

The NFT-focused fork of OlympusDAO failed to follow through on critical promises about asset buybacks, according to investors.

FloorDAO traders were looking for a payout – and got it. (Edgar Degas/Metropolitan Museum of Art, modified by CoinDesk)

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Protocol Village: Crypto VC Funding in 3Q Down Nearly 75% From Year Earlier: FundStrat

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the week of Oct. 2-8, with live updates throughout.

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

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Blackbird, Crypto Restaurant App, Raises $24M in Funding Led by A16z

The target audience is restaurant users, but the blockchain-based project comes with its own "Flypaper" and fungible FLY tokens.

Ben Leventhal, Blackbird founder (Blackbird)

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Crypto for Advisors: Waiting for the Next Crypto Bull Market? It’s Already Here.

Is crypto winter slowly thawing and spring upon us? Thanks to Jennnifer Murphy from Runa Digital Assets sharing their perspective on the crypto market and indicators that the bull may be upon us.

(Lieve Ransijn/ Unsplash)

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The Protocol: Which Ethereum Layer-2 Project ISN’T Competing to Land Celo?

Amidst the challenges posed by the crypto winter, Ethereum layer-2 developers such as OP Labs, Polygon, and Matter Labs are competing for contracts within the Celo blockchain's new network, where customer demand is limited, leading to layoffs at major firms.

(Ariel Waldman/Flickr)

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Crypto vs. Banks? It’s Not Either-Or for Chainlink, Ripple

Rather than attempting to disrupt banks and other traditional payments systems, these high-profile blockchain developers are looking to court their business.

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov speaks at the project's SmartCon conference in Barcelona. (Chainlink)