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.

Lo último de Emily Parker

Vídeos

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.

15 feb 2021

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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.

12 feb 2021

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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.

11 feb 2021

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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.

10 feb 2021

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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.

9 feb 2021

Vídeos

Bitcoin and Ether Hit New All-Time Highs as Tesla Invests $1.5B in BTC and CME Launches ETH Futures Trading

Former Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks, CME Director Tim McCourt, and ARK Invest Analyst Yassine Elmandjra discuss the hot crypto market and regulatory implications, as fun and games with Dogecoin continues.

8 feb 2021

Podcasts

Jill Carlson, Emily Parker: Coinbase's 'Apolitical' Mission Is Hypocritical and Unhelpful

11 oct 2020

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