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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Bitcoin, Ether Surging After Inflation Data; Paxos Burns $700M Binance USD Amid Regulatory Pressure

Bitcoin regained a foothold comfortably above $22,000, despite tepid January U.S. consumer price index (CPI) data. eToro Investment Analyst Callie Cox shares her crypto markets analysis. Separately, Paxos, the issuer of the $16 billion Binance USD (BUSD) stablecoin, has burned more than $700 million of BUSD tokens since Monday. Former Paxos Head of Portfolio Management and Columbia Business School Adjunct Professor Jesse Austin Campbell explains why stablecoins can be as safe as regulated financial products like money market funds.

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Bitcoin Outlook After CPI Data; Paxos Disagrees With SEC That BUSD Is a Security

Stablecoin issuer Paxos acknowledged that it had received a Wells Notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, indicating a possible enforcement action based on the charge that its Binance USD constitutes an unregistered security. Bain Capital Crypto Partner and Head of Regulatory and Policy TuongVy Le weighs in. Plus, MarketVector Indexes Digital Asset Product Strategist Martin Leinweber shares his crypto markets analysis after CPI for January rose 0.5% versus 0.1% a month earlier. And, the Moskowitz Law Firm Managing Partner Adam Moskowitz reacts to the legal battle brewing for control over private FTX cases.

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Paxos to Stop Minting Stablecoin BUSD Following Regulatory Action; Algorand Foundation's Push to Expand Web3

Bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) are both trading down after Stablecoin issuer Paxos announced it will stop minting new Binance USD (BUSD) tokens at the direction of the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), with the news coming just after a report of the threat of legal action from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Tastycrypto Head of Digital Assets Ryan Grace weighs in on the market impact. Algorand Foundation CEO Staci Warden on their efforts to expand web3 in India. Plus, GenTwo Crypto Analyst Pablo Jodar Seores on AI's impact on the markets. And Jaydeep Korde, Launchnodes Co-Founder and CEO, on how Kraken ending its crypto staking services for U.S. clients impact his business.

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Bitcoin Falls Below $22K Following Kraken's SEC Settlement

Bitcoin (BTC) is sinking below $22,000 after crypto exchange Kraken gears up to end its crypto staking-as-a-service platform for U.S. customers and pay $30 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charges concerning the offering of unregistered securities. Ketsal partner Zachary Fallon and DFD Partners president Bilal Little weigh in. Separately, a contentious Uniswap vote highlights the opaqueness of decentralized governance. Compound Labs Founder Robert Leshner joins the conversation. And, Adweek Senior Reporter Patrick Kulp discusses the lack of crypto ads at the Super Bowl this year.

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Bitcoin Exchange LocalBitcoins to Close; Hermès Wins Trademark Lawsuit Against MetaBirkins NFTs

Bitcoin exchange LocalBitcoins is set to discontinue its service this month in response to the "ongoing very cold crypto winter." Okcoin Chief Operating Officer Jason Lau shares his crypto markets analysis. Plus, Enclave Markets General Counsel Olta Andoni weighs in after a nine-person jury in the copyright infringement trial between Hèrmes and non-fungible token (NFT) artist Mason Rothschild ruled in favor of the French luxury brand. SALT Lending CEO Shawn Owen also joins the conversation, as the crypto lender raises $64.4M to resume operations.

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Bitcoin, Ether Rise as Powell Talks ‘Disinflation’ Again; Crypto Donations for Turkey

Crypto prices continue their cautious move upwards after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's comments on disinflation yesterday. Fidenza Macro Blog Author Geoffrey Chen shares his analysis. Plus, nonprofit organizations are leading an effort to raise millions of dollars in crypto to help victims of the major earthquake in Turkey. CoinDesk Türkiye Editor in Chief Serdar Turan weighs in. Also joining the conversation are SPiCE VC managing partner and co-founder Tal Elyashiv and Kraken Head of Strategy Thomas Perfumo.

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DCG Is Selling Holdings in Several Grayscale Trusts: Financial Times; Bitcoin Holds Steady Near $23K

Digital Currency Group started selling holdings in several investment vehicles run by its subsidiary and digital assets manager, Grayscale, at a steep discount, according to a Financial Times report. DCG is also the parent company of CoinDesk. Lumida CEO & Co-Founder Ram Ahluwalia shares his analysis. And what's next for crypto prices? Traders are waiting for a speech by Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell before they make their next moves. The Crypto Trader Author Glen Goodman and Leichtman Law PLLC Managing Partner David Leichtman join the conversation.

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FTX Asks Politicians Who Received Bankman-Fried Donations to Return Money; Bitcoin Rally Pauses

"First Mover" is monitoring developments in Turkey, a major center of crypto adoption, that is now coping with devastation following a massive earthquake. Also, a look at crypto markets, the latest in the FTX bankruptcy court proceedings, and the sale of real estate via NFTs. Joining the conversation are OANDA Senior Market Analyst of The Americas Edward Moya, Murphy & McGonigle Founder James Murphy, and Sanjay Raghavan, Roofstock onChain Head of Web3 Initiatives.

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Bitcoin Hovers Around $23K as US Adds 517K Jobs in January; Sam Bankman-Fried Is Negotiating Bail Conditions

The first U.S. jobs report of the year reveals that nonfarm payrolls grew by 517,000 in January, while the unemployment rate was little-changed at 3.4 percent. What does it mean for crypto? Wave Financial Co-Founder and CEO David Siemer joins the conversation. Also joining "First Mover" are McMillan LLP Partner Benjamin Bathgate, LevelField Financial CEO and Chairman Gene Grant II, and Catawba Digital Economic Zone CEO Joseph McKinney.

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Bitcoin Briefly Tops $24K; Decentralized Social Network Nostr's Damus Gets Listed on Apple App Store

Bitcoin is trading above $23,500 after breaking through $24,000 in the early hours. NewEdge Wealth Senior Portfolio Manager Ben Emons joins the conversation after the Federal Reserve's latest interest rate decision. Also, Hodder Law Firm Founder and Managing Partner Sasha Hodder discusses the latest in FTX's bankruptcy proceedings. And Nostr, a startup decentralized social network, got its Twitter-like Damus application listed on Apple's App Store.

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