Emily Parker

Emily Parker was CoinDesk's executive director of global content. Previously, Emily was a member of the Policy Planning staff at the U.S. State Department, where she advised on Internet freedom and digital diplomacy. Emily was a writer/editor at The Wall Street Journal and an editor at The New York Times. She is the co-founder of LongHash, a blockchain startup that focuses on Asian markets.

She is the author of "Now I Know Who My Comrades Are: Voices From the Internet Underground" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). The book tells the stories of Internet activists in China, Cuba and Russia. Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, called it "a rigorously researched and reported account that reads like a thriller." She was chief strategy officer at Silicon Valley social media startup Parlio, which was acquired by Quora.

She has done public speaking all over the world, and is currently represented by the Leigh Bureau. She has been interviewed on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, BBC and many other television and radio shows. Her book has been assigned at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Tufts, UCSD and other schools.

Emily speaks Chinese, Japanese, French and Spanish. She graduated with Honors from Brown University and has a Masters from Harvard in East Asian Studies. She holds Bitcoin, Ether and smaller amounts of other cryptocurrencies.

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SOL, XRP Lead Decline in Crypto Majors; Gucci and Christie's Team Up on NFT Collection

Profit taking in bitcoin (BTC) contributed to a broader market drop as tokens of some of the largest blockchains, such as Solana's SOL, fell as much as 8% in the past 24 hours. WisdomTree head of digital assets Will Peck shares his crypto markets analysis. ETF Think Tank research director Cinthia Murphy discusses the spot bitcoin ETF race. Plus, artist Mario Klingemann and Sebastian Sanchez from Christie's reflect on the future of Web3 in the art world.

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SEC's Gensler Grilled by Lawmakers; Spot Bitcoin ETFs Could Bring $30B in New Demand: NYDIG

Bitcoin spot-based ETFs could bring $30 billion in new demand for the world’s largest digital asset, according to NYDIG. Howard Fischer, Moses Singer partner and former SEC senior trial counsel shares his outlook on crypto regulation in the U.S. as SEC chair Gary Gensler faces questioning from lawmakers. Futureverse founder Aaron McDonald discusses his metaverse startup's latest funding round. And, StockCharts.com's Julius de Kempenaer shares his crypto markets analysis.

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Rep. Torres Calls on SEC to Rethink its 'Regulatory Assault' on Crypto; Bitcoin Price Predictions

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) discusses the future of crypto regulation as the lawmaker calls out the SEC in the wake of the Ripple court ruling. Brown Rudnick partner Preston Byrne argues why the split decision from SEC v. Ripple Labs throws U.S. crypto-token regulation into disarray. And, ProChain Capital president David Tawil shares his crypto markets analysis.

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Coinbase CEO Will Reportedly Meet With House Democrats; Bitcoin Outlook After Hitting June Low

Bloomberg reports Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong will meet with House Democrats Wednesday morning. Needham & Company senior research analyst John Todaro shares his outlook on Coinbase (COIN)'s stock performance. Aku creator and former MLB player Micah Johnson discusses teaming up with Starbucks. Caleb & Brown director Jake Boyle shares his crypto markets analysis. And, John Oliver from PwC weighs in on how traditional hedge funds view investing in crypto assets.

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XRP Surges After Court Ruling; Ex-Celsius CEO Mashinsky's Bail Set at $40M

XRP’s price has skyrocketed, after a U.S. judge ruled the sale of XRP tokens on exchanges did not constitute investment contracts. Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Counsel Michael Selig and attorney Alex Damsker share their respective legal opinions on Ripple's partial victory in its fight with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). CoinRoutes CEO and co-founder Dave Weisberger discusses his crypto markets analysis. And, Arkham founder and CEO Miguel Morel addresses concerns from privacy-focused crypto advocates after announcing a new crypto data marketplace.

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Coinbase Heads to Court Against the SEC; Threads Hits 100M Users in Less Than a Week

Coinbase and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are slated to meet in court Thursday in a pre-motion hearing. Former SEC enforcement branch chief and Bragança Law attorney Lisa Bragança shares her expectations. Threads is gaining traction against rival Twitter, after hitting 100 million users in less than a week. Bitcoin (BTC) has failed twice this week to breakout above $31,000. Forex.com global head of research Matt Weller shares his crypto markets analysis.

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Bitcoin Nears $31K as Inflation Rose Less Than Expected; Crypto Oversight Bill Re-Launch

The U.S. inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) slipped to 3.0% on a year-over-year basis in June from 4.0% in May. Unchained CEO and co-founder Joe Kelly shares his outlook on bitcoin. Timothy Massad, former CFTC chairman and current director of the Digital Assets Policy Project at the Harvard Kennedy School discusses crypto legislation being re-launched by Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.). And, Alliance DAO senior researcher Will Robinson weighs in on the future of Web3 gaming.

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Why Threads Got 100 Million Users When Other Twitter Rivals Could Not

Network effects and ease-of-use rule the day. And, a lot of people clearly don’t care about decentralization and privacy all that much, says CoinDesk’s Emily Parker.

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Justin Sun on State of Crypto Regulation; EU's Metaverse Strategy

TRON founder and Huobi global advisor Justin Sun joins "First Mover" to discuss the state of crypto regulation, outlook on Hong Kong, and much more. Bitcoin (BTC) is holding firm above $30,000. GSR Markets co-founder and president Rich Rosenblum gives his crypto markets analysis. And, the European Commission's metaverse strategy is slated to be released later today. Metaverse EU editor Patrick Grady shares his expectations.

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SEC Files Response to Coinbase; Legal Expert Addresses Gemini's Lawsuit Against DCG

The SEC argued in a new filing last Friday that Coinbase acknowledged the possibility that federal securities laws would apply to its listings years ago. Hodder Law Firm Managing Partner Sasha Hodder weighs in on Gemini suing Digital Currency Group. DCG owns Genesis and CoinDesk. Opimas LLC CEO Octavio Marenzi shares his crypto markets analysis. And, Shardeum chief growth officer Kelsey McGuire discusses the Layer 1 blockchain's latest funding round.

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