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.

Latest from Bradley Keoun

Finance

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Slips Below $43K as Ukraine Shadows Financial Markets

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for Feb. 17, 2022.

Feb 17, 2022

Finance

First Mover: Bitcoin Rally Stalls Amid Skepticism Over Russia Pullback

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for Feb. 16, 2022.

Feb 16, 2022

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $40K for First Time in 2 Weeks

The price dipped Friday after the U.S. jobs report for January, but reversed as traders grew more confident that the downside is limited.

Feb 4, 2022

Bitcoin rallied Friday to top $40,000 for the first time in two weeks. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Heads for Worst Week in 8 Months as Traders Lament 'Pikachu Pattern'

The price appeared to stabilize around $35,000, but gallows humor filled social-media sites as more than $1.5 billion of tradition positions were liquidated.

Jan 23, 2022

Bitcoin's price chart over the past month. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Ethereum Could Hold Lead as Dominant Smart-Contract Blockchain: Coinbase Analysts

The only real “ETH killer” might end up being Ethereum 2.0, according to analysts for the U.S. exchange Coinbase.

Jan 21, 2022

Ethereum's lead over competitors might be hard to close. (Elena Rabkina/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Erases Prior Days' Gains; Altcoins Slide

The world's largest cryptocurrency by market cap traded in tandem with tech stocks, which also declined.

Jan 13, 2022

Markets

There's a Reason Bitcoin's Worth 500 Barrels of Oil: Bloomberg's McGlone

“Supply, demand, adoption and advancing technology point to the crypto continuing to outperform fossil fuel in the next 10 years," according to the commodities analyst.

Jan 13, 2022

Markets

First Mover Asia: Crypto Prices Rise on Better-Than-Expected US Inflation News

The consumer price index rose 7%, but many investors anticipated a steeper increase; bitcoin and ether prices notched solid gains during the U.S. trading day.

Jan 12, 2022

Markets

Bitcoin Snaps 6-Day Losing Streak, Holds Above $40K

The price appears to have stabilized after a nearly weeklong downdraft that marked one of the cryptocurrency’s worst-ever starts to a year.

Jan 9, 2022

Bitcoin's daily price chart shows the cryptocurrency rebounding after a six-day losing streak. (TradingView/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Falls Toward $40K, Racks Up Longest Losing Streak Since 2018

Cryptocurrency analysts had warned of the possibility of a steeper sell-off, and now traders are wondering when and where the market shakeout might end.

Jan 8, 2022

Bitcoin's daily price chart shows the decline toward $40,000 after a seven-day losing streak. (TradingView/CoinDesk)