Emily Parker

Executive Director of Global Content

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.

Latest from Emily Parker

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Will Bitcoin be the Currency of the World? Scaramucci: ‘It’s Quite Possible.’ Plus, Powell on CBDCs and Crowdfunding With Crypto

Former Wall Street maven turned bitcoin bull Anthony Scaramucci discusses bitcoin, its future price and potential as a global currency, and whether ETFs pose a threat to his company’s bitcoin fund and what he plans to do about it. Also, Republic’s CEO Kendrick Nguyen on crowdfunding with crypto and CoinDesk’s Nikhilesh De with the latest regulatory news.

Mar 19, 2021

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The Countdown to a US Bitcoin ETF Decision Begins; SEC’s Hester Peirce Joins ‘First Mover’

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce reacts to the latest crypto headlines involving bitcoin exchange-traded fund applications, institutional investments and NFTs. Nexo’s Antoni Trenchev explains the case for a $100K bitcoin price, and can bitcoin mining reduce your taxes? We hear from vBit’s CEO Don Vo.

Mar 18, 2021

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The US Bitcoin ETF Race Heats Up; Markets Await Fed Chair Powell’s Press Conference

More companies are filing for bitcoin ETFs and more types of bitcoin ETFs; we get the latest from Valkyrie’s Steven McClurg. Also, a market check with analyst Michele Schneider ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s press conference today; Ernst & Young’s Paul Brody weighs in. Are inflation fears and bitcoin’s price too high?

Mar 17, 2021

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NFTs Gone Wild With Gary Vaynerchuk, MetaKovan and Crypto.com

What do internet personality Gary Vaynerchuck, Crypto.com and MetaKovan, the pseudonymous buyer of Beeple’s $69M NFT, have in common? They join “First Mover” to discuss their passion for NFTs, the different reasons for their investments, and why it’s important for the mainstream audience to understand this phenomenon.

Mar 16, 2021

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Kevin O’Leary of ‘Shark Tank’ Reveals Plans to Invest in Ethical BTC Mining; Developments in the Mt. Gox and Ripple Cases

Bitcoin skeptic turned believer Kevin O’Leary says he has a solution to bitcoin provenance concerns: invest in environmentally responsible BTC mining in preferred countries. Here’s how he plans to capitalize on this idea. Plus, Senior Reporter Omkar Godbole with crypto markets analysis, and a Mt. Gox update from a former plaintiff, U.S. securities attorney Jonathan Dunsmoor.

Mar 15, 2021

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Beeple on his $69.3 M NFT Sale; Ethereum’s Future

The digital artist known as “Beeple” discusses the record-smashing $69.3 M sale of his NFT at Christie’s; Ethereum Co-Founder Anthony Di Iorio on Ethereum’s evolution; and Hunter Merghart of Bitstamp with the latest news from one of the largest and oldest crypto exchanges in the industry.

Mar 12, 2021

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Market Moves and Binance News with Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao

Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, CEO of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, discusses big developments in crypto markets and his latest move into DeFi. U.S. Representative Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) on his and other lawmakers’ proposals for clearer crypto regulations. Plus the latest from Singapore-based Diginex after going public with a crypto exchange in the U.S.

Mar 11, 2021

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Inflation Up 0.4% in February; Lawmakers Propose Evaluating Crypto Regulations

What will Congress and the SEC do about crypto? Former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins weighs in. Also, Multicoin Capital’s Kyle Samani on DeFi’s boom and Alejandro Machado with the continuing story of Venezuelans seeking refuge in cryptocurrencies.

Mar 10, 2021

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Capitalizing on DeFi, Institutional Interest In NFTs and Goldman Sach’s Latest Bitcoin Report

People don’t get bitcoin but they get DeFi. That’s how Bitwise explains interest in its decentralized finance index fund that brought in over $30M in sales in just two weeks. Learn more from Bitwise’s Matt Hougan. And, will the National Credit Union Administration be the next federal regulator to provide crypto guidance? Kyle Hauptman, NCUA vice chairman joins us. Plus, Trustology CEO Alex Batlin on NFTs. Will Institutions join the party?

Mar 9, 2021

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The Latest Crypto Market Moves, Can Bitcoin Be Shut down, Cipher Mining’s Plans to Go Public and Tory Lanez’s Big NFT Sale

Markets Analysis from Quantum Economics’ Jason Deane who explains why he’s convinced bitcoin cannot be shut down. Also, Cipher Mining CEO Tyler Page on going public and the NFT craze in music industry.

Mar 8, 2021

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