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.

Bradley Keoun

Dernières de Bradley Keoun

Bitcoin Hits All-Time High Above $66K on Strength of ProShares ETF Debut

The latest rally appears fueled by the successful debut on Tuesday of the first U.S. bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund.

20 oct. 2021

El precio de bitcoin superó los $66.000 por primera vez en sus 12 años de historia. ¿Qué camino seguirá desde ahora? (Unsplash, modificado por CoinDesk)

ProShares Bitcoin Futures ETF ‘BITO’ Hauls In $570M of Assets in Stock-Market Debut

According to ProShares, the fund’s sponsor, the new ETF’s assets shot to $570 million from $20 million on its first day of trading.

20 oct. 2021

The New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday as the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (ticker $BITO) started trading. (Cheyenne Ligon/CoinDesk)

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Holds Above $60K as Crypto Market Cap Reaches New High

Meanwhile, some analysts are warning about overheating in the futures market given the recent rise in leveraged positions

18 oct. 2021

Total crypto market cap (CoinDesk, TradingView)

Gene Simmons’ $300K Cardano Investment Has More Than Doubled Since February

The Kiss star has veered heavily into crypto in recent years. It may have paid off handsomely.

11 oct. 2021

Gene Simmons of Kiss performs in New York City on June 11, 2021. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for A&E)

China’s Latest Crypto Crackdown Draws Yawns From Bitcoin Market Vets

It may be China’s most comprehensive crypto ban to date, but insiders are unfazed.

25 sept. 2021

A detail of the Satoshi Nakamoto statue in Budapest, Hungary. (Janos Kummer/Getty Images)

Bitcoin Tumbles Most Since May and El Salvador Buys the Dip

Price drop triggers about $3 billion of liquidations of trading positions due to margin calls.

7 sept. 2021

Chart of the bitcoin price over the past week shows the impact of Tuesday's wipeout. (CoinDesk)

Bitcoin Hits 3.5-Month High Over $50K as Ether Tops $4K

Cryptocurrency markets are heating up.

3 sept. 2021

Bitcoin's price surged on Friday above the psychological hurdle of $50,000 to reach a new 3.5-month high.

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Slips Below $48K as Focus Shifts to Regulation

Bitcoin is in pullback mode as China and the SEC have traders’ attention.

31 août 2021

Bitcoin 24-hour price chart, CoinDesk 20

‘Rare Pepe’ Steeped in Bitcoin History Fetches $500K on NFT Market OpenSea

Frog-themed digital collectible cards from the mid-2010s are getting retooled for fast sales in the white-hot NFT market.

31 août 2021

An early blockchain-based digital collectible card combined the Pepe the Frog meme with the likeness of Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto, reported (controversially) in 2014 to be Bitcoin's founder. Now it's an NFT.

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Consolidates as Altcoin Season Heats Up

Bitcoin’s rally is taking a breather as altcoins outperform.

30 août 2021

Bitcoin 24-hour chart, CoinDesk 20