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

Videos

Bitcoin Hits $1T Market Cap; A Japanese Financial Powerhouse With the Global Crypto Outlook

Oki Matsumoto, Monex Group CEO, joins “First Mover” to discuss the crypto boom in Asia and worldwide. Also, Annabelle Huang of Amber Group on DeFi trends in Asia, and Michael Venuto of Toroso Asset Management with market analysis.

Feb 19, 2021

Videos

GameStop Hearings Begin; Jeremy Allaire Predicts ‘Mass Acceleration’ of Stablecoins

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire joins “First Mover” to discuss today’s hot topics: stablecoins, central bank digital currencies (USDC) including the digital yuan, and the “stunning” adoption of cryptocurrencies by institutions and individuals.

Feb 18, 2021

Policy

Why We Should Take Dogecoin Seriously

Dogecoin's rise reflects the power of collective belief and a longing for a more ideal form of crypto.

Feb 17, 2021

Videos

Erik Voorhees Talks DeFi and Bitcoin as BTC Breaks New Record

Crypto pioneer Erik Voorhees joins “First Mover” to discuss why he’s gone full DeFi. Plus, Greg King of Osprey Funds on their new bitcoin trust, and James Putra of TradeStation on bitcoin’s record breaking rally and more.

Feb 17, 2021

Videos

Bitcoin Breaks $50K Barrier For First Time; What’s Next?

Today on “First Mover”: Analyst Travis Kling joins us for a crypto markets outlook; Purpose Investments CEO Som Seif on the first bitcoin ETF that his company launches in Canada this week, and Chris Tyrer of Fidelity Digital Assets, on continuing interest in bitcoin among institutional investors and the state of crypto in Europe.

Feb 16, 2021

Videos

Bitcoin Rally Takes a Breather As Funding Rates, Volumes Soften

Join us for markets analysis from Thomas Perfumo of Kraken and Rich Rosenblum of GSR Markets. Plus, a look at the upcoming GameStop hearing where Reddit, Robinhood and Citadel CEOs are to testify.

Feb 15, 2021

Videos

G-7 Leaders Expected to Discuss CBDCs At Today’s Summit

Former CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo says it is critical for nations to strike the right balance between the rights of individuals and those of governments, as they develop data-collecting CBDCs. Also, Binance U.S. CEO Catherine Coley on its expansion in the U.S., regulatory reporter Nik De on Canada’s approval of a bitcoin ETF, and Teddy Fusaro of Bitwise with market analysis.

Feb 12, 2021

Videos

Mastercard, BNY Create New Milestones in Crypto Adoption

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce with reaction to bitcoin (BTC) adoption by corporates, Ripio CEO Sebastian Serrano with news from Argentina, and markets analysis from Edward Moya of OANDA.

Feb 11, 2021

Videos

Friends and Foes of Crypto React to Tesla’s BTC Buy, Bitcoin’s Rally and CBDCs

Joining us today: one of bitcoin’s loudest critics, economist Nouriel Roubini, along with one of crypto’s staunchest advocates taking her agency’s proposals to the Biden administration. Plus, the latest markets news from First Mover editor Brad Keoun. And RBC Analyst Mitch Steves with investment advice for Apple.

Feb 10, 2021

Videos

Bitcoin (BTC) Blasting Past $47K as Markets React to Tesla’s $1.5B Bitcoin Bet and the G-7 Summit Prepares to Discuss the Era of Cryptocurrencies

To launch or not launch CBDCs, and what to do about bitcoin? Questions facing G-7 nations as they prepare for Friday’s summit. PwC ‘s Henri Arslanian discusses their challenges. eToro’s Guy Hirsch on the pressures of high trading volume during the Tesla-fueled bitcoin rally. And Coinmetrics Co-Founder Nic Carter explains why Bitcoin critics are jumping to the wrong conclusions about the network’s energy footprint.

Feb 9, 2021

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