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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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Mastercard and Binance Ending Crypto Card Partnership; Bearish Outlook Engulfs Crypto Market

Vanderbilt Law School associate dean and professor Yesha Yadav discusses the significance of payment giants Visa and Mastercard paring back their ties with Binance. Hashdex CIO Samir Kerbage weighs in on the key trends and developments in the crypto asset market as bitcoin (BTC) briefly slumps below $26,000. And, Taxbit head of government relations Miles Fuller reacts to the IRS finally proposing rules for crypto tax reporting.

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Bitcoin Clings to $26K as Investors Await Powell’s Speech; Solana Pay Integrates With Shopify

Bitcoin (BTC) is holding steady around $26,000 ahead of Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole on Friday. The Tie director of strategy Sacha Ghebali shares his crypto markets analysis. Solana Foundation head of strategy Austin Federa discusses Solana Pay getting plugged into e-commerce giant Shopify. And, FalconX deputy general counsel Purvi Maniar reacts to two Tornado Cash developers being charged with money laundering and sanctions violations.

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Tornado Cash Devs Charged; Bitcoin Traders Move Past $1B Liquidation Event

Tornado Cash developers Roman Storm and Roman Semenov were charged with money laundering and sanctions violations tied to their work with the privacy mixer. Tully & Weiss criminal defense attorney Joseph Tully shares his legal analysis, along with advice for FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried. CoinRoutes CEO Dave Weisberger weighs in on bitcoin (BTC) briefly topping $26,700 in the last 24-hours. And, CANVAS CEO David Lavecky discusses the future of CBDC adoption in Australia.

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XRP Erases Most Gains Since Ripple Ruling; Friend.Tech Hype Boosts Layer 2 Blockchain Base

XRP has lost nearly all gains after Ripple Labs’ landmark court ruling over the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in July. TheoTrade Co-founder Don Kaufman shares his crypto markets analysis. DappRadar blockchain analyst  Sara Gherghelas discusses the recent hype around Friend.tech and how it is impacting Base. And, Wormhole Foundation EVP and head of operations Dan Reecer explains his vision for "the web of Web3."

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FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Is Back in Court; Coinbase Acquires Stake in Circle

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is being arraigned on Tuesday. Last week, his attorneys asked that he be allowed to review defense filings at a federal prosecutor’s office every weekday. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP Partner Renato Mariotti shares his reaction. ETC Group CSO Bradley Duke shares his crypto markets outlook. And, Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo weighs in on acquiring digital asset wealth platform Onramp Invest.

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Bitcoin Steady Around $26K After Sharp Sell-Off; Race for Ether Futures ETFs

Opimas LLC CEO Octavio Marenzi discusses bitcoin's (BTC) latest price movements after the crypto markets saw one of the biggest long liquidation events since FTX's collapse. Bloomberg reports that securities regulators are poised to approve ether futures ETFs for trading in the U.S. Bitwise Asset Management CIO Matt Hougan shares his reaction. And, Dropp CEO Sushil Prabhu discusses FedNow listing the Hedera-based micropayments platform as a service provider.

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Bitcoin Buckles Below $26.5K; Caitlin Long Shares Update on Crypto-Friendly Bank Custodia

Bitcoin (BTC) is falling 7% over the past 24 hours, plunging to levels not seen since June as the digital-asset market witnessed one of the worst sell-offs this year. Hashnote CEO Leo Mizuhara discusses some of the key drivers. Custodia Bank founder and CEO Caitlin Long discusses the crypto-friendly bank accepting dollar deposits for customers in some U.S. states. And, ZetaChain head of product Brandon Truong weighs in on navigating crypto winter.

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Bitcoin Sinks to Lowest Level Since June 21; SHIB Falls on Apparent Shibarium Bridge Issues

Bitcoin (BTC) woke up from its deep slumber early Thursday but not in ways the bulls would have liked to see. Shiba inu (SHIB) tokens are slumping as users report bridging issues after the much-hyped Shibarium network went live. SHIB metaverse advisor Marcie Jastrow shares her reaction. Bit Digital CEO Sam Tabar discusses the mining company's Q2 earnings results. And, Valkyrie files for an Ethereum-focused ETF.

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Coinbase Can Now List Crypto Futures in the U.S.; Bitcoin Flat as Argentinian Peso Plunges

Coinbase is now the first crypto-first platform to offer regulated and leveraged crypto futures alongside alongside traditional spot trading. VanEck head of digital assets research Matthew Sigel shares his crypto markets outlook. Ripio CEO Sebastian Serrano discusses the future of digital assets in Argentina, after a surprise primary election win. And, Sei Labs co-founder Jay Jog discusses layer 1 blockchain Sei's mainnet going live after a successful testnet phase. 

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Prime Trust Files for Bankruptcy; Europe's First Spot Bitcoin ETF

Crypto custodian Prime Trust filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday. London-based Jacobi Asset Management has listed Europe's first spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Euronext Amsterdam. Jacobi Asset Management CEO Martin Bednall joins the conversation. The Chamber of Digital Commerce VP of Policy Cody Carbone discusses the state of crypto regulation in the U.S. And, Tactive Wealth Advisor Eddy Gifford shares his crypto markets analysis.

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