Bradley Keoun

Managing Editor, Tech & Protocols

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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Finanza

Top 3 Crypto Myths Tackled for Advisors

Christopher Jensen from Franklin Templeton tackles myths about crypto in today’s Crypto for Advisors newsletter.

21 set 2023

BNB Chain to undergo upgrade in June (Moritz Mentges/Unsplash)

Tecnologie

The Protocol: Ethereum Struggles With Sprawl as Optimism Airdrops $27M

ALSO: Check out our exclusive interview with DYdX founder Antonio Juliano.

20 set 2023

Tecnologie

'We Can't Build Something Like This on Ethereum,' Says DYdX Founder as Mainnet Nears

In an exclusive interview, Antonio Juliano, founder of dYdX (and a former Coinbase software engineer), discusses his project's move to build a new layer-1 blockchain using Cosmos technology.

20 set 2023

Tecnologie

Ethereum’s Holesky Testnet Fails to Launch, in Rare Tech Misstep for the Blockchain

Developers of the Ethereum blockchain say there was a misconfiguration in the genesis files of the test network, and now they plan to try again in about two weeks.

17 set 2023

Ethereum's latest ambition, to launch a new test network, quickly deflated. (Pixabay)

Tecnologie

Ethereum Blockchain Launches 'Holesky' Test Network, on First Anniversary of Historic 'Merge'

The debut of the testing system – designed to be twice as big as the main network so developers can simulate massive scaling, comes a year after Ethereum completed its historic "Merge" shift to a "proof-of-stake" model from the original "proof-of-work" setup that Bitcoin uses.

15 set 2023

The Prague train station after which Ethereum's new Holesky network is named. (Wikipedia)

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The Tokenization of Assets Is Underway

Today in Crypto for Advisors, Peter Gaffney from Security Token Advisors provides an overview of the current tokenization landscape, one that’s forecasted to reach $16 Trillion by just 2030.

14 set 2023

Tecnologie

The Protocol: The CFTC Is Cracking Down on Crypto

The move marks a contrast to its previously 'lenient' image compared to the SEC.

13 set 2023

Tecnologie

Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Sees Growing Presence of Asia Developers in Blockchain Tech

Asia's role in the global crypto scene is no longer just "hundred-millionaires buying your favorite dog coin," Ethereum's co-founder told a crypto-industry conference in Austin, Texas.

13 set 2023

Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin (right) speaks with David Hoffman of Bankless at the Permissionless conference in Austin, Texas, in September 2023. (Bradley Keoun)

Tecnologie

Price Cuts at Blockchain Platform Alchemy Reveal Persistence of Crypto Winter

The new playment plan, “Alchemy Scale Tier,” will consist of two options that let developers choose how much they want to commit to the platform, both financially and computationally.

13 set 2023

Alchemy CEO Nikil Viswanathan and CTO Joseph Lau (Alchemy)

Tecnologie

Namesake of Ethereum's 'Danksharding' Says 'Data Availability' Too Confusing a Term

The Ethereum Foundation's Dankrad Feist says he thinks a lot of people are stumped by the term "data availability," even as the concept gains momentum in blockchain tech circles.

12 set 2023

Ethereum Foundation researcher Dankrad Feist, namesake for "proto-danksharding," a major component of Ethereum's upcoming "Dencun" upgrade. (Bradley Keoun)