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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, Ether Analysis, Japanese Industry Leader on ‘Stupid’ Regulator Warnings Against Binance, State of Crypto in Japan

“First Mover” dives into crypto markets and business news, including Ethereum’s upcoming upgrade. Is it bullish or bearish for ETH? Joining the show to discuss the crypto markets is Darius Sit of QCP Capital. Also, Oki Matsumoto, CEO of Japanese financial conglomerate Monex Group, discusses crypto markets in Japan and the recent regulatory warnings against Binance he suggests were unnecessary.

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Jeremy Allaire on Broad USDC Expansion, the Digital Dollar, El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law and More

The stablecoin $USDC dominates crypto headlines as the cryptocurrency developed by fintech company Circle gains wider global adoption. Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire joins “First Mover” to discuss the latest news involving $USDC, stablecoins in general, Coinbase, the digital dollar, bitcoin adoption and other related topics. Also, Chris Tyrer of Fidelity Digital Assets has updates Fidelity’s crypto business and weighs in on the markets. Plus, Janine Yorio of Republic Realm helps to demystify the metaverse and NFTs.

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Bitcoin Breaks $35K, ARK Invest Joins Race to Get Bitcoin ETF Approved, Global Exchanges Under Regulatory Pressure

“First Mover” has the day’s first look at crypto markets and business news, including regulatory concerns for global exchanges following a cluster of enforcement actions against Binance. Guests include Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek, Delta Exchange CEO Pankaj Balani, and Edge & Node Co-founder Tegan Kline.

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Bitcoin Bounce, PwC’s Henri Arslanian on Regulators Reining in Binance

“First Mover” dives into today’s top stories, including the pushback by regulators against Binance in Canada, Japan and now also the U.K. Henri Arslanian of PwC discusses what this means for Binance, its users, and the crypto exchange sector. Grant Whitlock of Global Block shares his crypto markets analysis, and Charles d’Haussy of ConsenSys explains a new digital health passport his group helped to launch in Hong Kong.

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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez on Bitcoin’s Challenge to the US Dollar and Its Overall Crypto Plan, El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law

El Salvador grabs the headlines again as details of its bitcoin currency rollout are announced, with an e-wallet airdrop included. Joining “First Mover” to discuss El Salvador, crypto markets, and other news are Francis Suarez, the mayor of Miami, Frances Coppola, author of “The Case for People’s QE,” and Gavin Michael, the CEO of Bakkt.

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Sam Bankman-Fried on Crypto Markets, El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bet, China’s Miner Crackdown, FTX US Sports Sponsorships and More

“First Mover” with today’s top stories including: The crypto community talking about John McAfee’s controversial life and death in a Spanish prison, and bitcoin remaining rangebound as analysts discuss what’s next. Joining the show today are FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and CoinGecko Co-founder & CEO Bobby Ong.

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Will Bitcoin Hold Above $30K Support? Cybercrime Raising Privacy Coin Concerns

“First Mover” dives into top crypto stories: bitcoin’s outlook amid market swings, privacy coins and their role in cybercrime, and news regarding El Salvador’s path to bitcoin adoption. Guests include vocal bitcoin critic Steve Hanke of the Cato Institute and Johns Hopkins University and Vik Sharma of Cake Wallet that facilitates the Monero privacy coin. Plus, Rarible’s Alex Salnikov plans to build a community-owned NFT marketplace from its latest funding round.

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Bitcoin, Ether Plummet as China Crypto Crackdown Continues, Ethereum Improvement Proposal Explained

China ramps up the pressure on crypto, telling banks to stop facilitating transactions. Cryptocurrencies fell with bitcoin dropping below $30K Tuesday morning. “First Mover” dives into the crypto markets with the Amber Group’s Michael Wu and Voyager Digital’s Steve Ehrlich. Also, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim breaks down her comprehensive report on the investment implications of Ethereum’s improvement proposal.

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Demystifying DeFi: What Caused the Titan Token Crash? Bitcoin Holding Its Own Despite Dollar Strength

DeFi is under scrutiny as the crypto community studies the Titan Token panic sell that sent the price plunging to near zero. CoinDesk’s senior reporter Brady Dale joins “First Mover” to discuss the case and lessons learned. Richard Byworth of Diginex shares his crypto markets analysis. Is he holding to his previous bitcoin price prediction? Also, Asad J. Malik presents Jadu, which is a mobile augmented reality platform for holograms. If you’re on TikTok, you may recognize some of the dances being immortalized as hologram NFTs being released in honor of the Juneteenth holiday.

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Titan Token Crashes, Bitcoin Holds Support, VanEck ETF Application Review Extended

“First Mover” dives into crypto markets news: Iron Finance’s Titan Token falls to near zero. What caused that panic sell-off? Bitcoin, ether are holding their own following the Federal Reserve’s decision to leave interest rates unchanged for now. Markets analyst Michele Schneider of MarketGauge Group joins the show to discuss. Also, CoinDesk’s Nik De, with the latest regulatory news, and Mythical Games CEO John Linden on its $75 million raise to build a platform for game developers to bring NFTs into their fictional worlds.

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