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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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Bitcoin Pops After October Jobs Report; Coinbase Sees Crypto Headwinds Continuing Into 2023

The U.S. economy added 261,000 jobs in October, while the unemployment rate rose to 3.7%. Ben Emons of Medley Global Advisors joins "First Mover" to discuss what the jobs report means for crypto markets. Plus, Coinbase transaction revenue continued to be significantly impacted by macroeconomic and crypto market headwinds. John Todaro of Needham & Co. examines the crypto exchange's latest quarterly results.

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Bitcoin Slips as Bank of England Hikes Key Interest Rate by 75 Basis Points; Are Crypto Payments in Twitter's Future?

The Bank of England's 0.75 percentage point interest rate hike is its biggest in 33 years. Bilal Little, president of DFD Partners, provides his crypto markets outlook following the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to also hike interest rates 75 basis points. Plus, as Twitter reportedly plans a massive round of layoffs, speculation swirls around whether Elon Musk plans to turn Twitter into a super app that includes payments. CoinDesk's Emily Parker examines the reasons why payments and other new features may be part of Twitter's future.

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Deribit Exec on $28M Hot Wallet Hack; Bitcoin Steady Ahead of Fed Rate Decision

Deribit, the largest cryptocurrency options exchange in the world, has paused withdrawals after losing $28 million in a hot wallet hack. Deribit Chief Commercial Officer Luuk Strijers joins "First Mover" to discuss what happened and how clients are affected. Plus, how will the crypto markets react as investors await a key interest rate decision from the U.S. Federal Reserve? WazirX co-founder Nischal Shetty joins to discuss.

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Dogecoin Trumps All Other Major Cryptos in October; Binance Exec on Future of Twitter Under Elon Musk

Binance Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Hillmann joins "First Mover" to discuss the crypto exchange's involvement in Twitter under the direction of Elon Musk. Plus, dogecoin (DOGE) was the top performer in October among the 150 digital assets in the CoinDesk Market Index (CMI). Digital asset analysts attributed the big jump in DOGE to Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter – ostensibly tied to speculation that the deal might somehow, eventually, bring value or utility to the Dogecoin blockchain and its eponymous cryptocurrency.

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Bitcoin Remains Steady, Dogecoin Futures Rack up Nearly $90M in Liquidations

Bitcoin holds above $20,500 as the crypto community observes the fourteenth birthday of the cryptocurrency's white paper. But it's dogecoin that's jumping with excitement as it reached a market cap of over $10 billion over the past week. John Peurifoy of Floating Point Group joins "First Mover" to discuss the crypto markets. Plus, the debate between Sam Bankman-Fried and Erik Voorhees over crypto regulation.

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Binance’s CZ 'Excited' to Help Elon Musk Realize Vision for Twitter; Dogecoin Jumps on Deal Reportedly Closing

Billionaire Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter has begun. According to multiple published reports, he's fired CEO Parag Agrawal and two other Twitter executives. Is Musk's buyout, and Binance's participation, good for crypto? Nikhilesh De has the latest. Plus, a closer look at Dogecoin jumping in response to the news.

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Bitcoin Steady After US GDP Report; Deepak Chopra on Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Metaverse

While the metaverse has not yet helped Facebook parent Meta, which missed Q3 revenue estimates for its Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) division, Deepak Chopra sees great potential for wellbeing in the virtual world. The popular meditation and self-care author joins "First Mover," along with Seva.Love Co-Founder and CEO Poonacha Machaiah, to discuss their platform in the metaverse. Also, crypto market reaction to the new U.S. GDP report, showing the economy rose in the third quarter, faster than expected. Plus, Trading Week continues with ‘Crypto Is Macro Now’ Analyst Noelle Acheson.

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Rishi Sunak Becomes UK Prime Minister; Bitcoin and Ether Remain in Tight Price Range

Millicent Labs co-founder Kene Ezeji-Okoye weighs in on Rishi Sunak becoming Britain's third prime minister in less than two months. What could it mean for the future of U.K. crypto regulation? Plus, TradeStation Crypto's Anthony Rousseau dives into the latest market action and Matrixport discusses the future of Ethereum after the merge.

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Veteran Trader Peter Brandt on Bitcoin: Is it Time to Buy?; State of NFT Markets

It's the start of Trading Week at CoinDesk, and "First Mover" kicks off special markets coverage with one of the most followed technical traders in the crypto space, Peter Brandt, founder of Factor Trading. Plus, Galaxy Digital's Salmaan Qadir discusses a new report on the state of the NFT marketplace, where creators have earned $1.8 billion in royalties to date.

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Bitcoin Struggles to Retain $19K; Was Do Kwon Seen in Dubai?

Terra's Do Kwon, a fugitive wanted by South Korean authorities, reportedly left Singapore for Dubai on his way to an unknown destination. Merkle Science co-founder and CEO Mriganka Pattnaik joins "First Mover" to discuss the case and recent crypto hacks. Why are bitcoin and ether prices dropping? ARK36 chairman and founder Mikkel Morch provides crypto markets analysis. Plus, the U.K. government is extending a financial bill to regulate crypto. Regulatory Reporter Jack Schickler has details.

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