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

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Crypto Markets Await Fed Rate Decision, Cyber Security in Focus, Bitwise CEO on Raise from Hedge Fund Giants

As President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Geneva, “First Mover” discusses a top item on the U.S. agenda: the recent ransomware attacks traced to Russia. Also, how will the Federal Reserve respond to the jump in U.S. inflation? Markets are relatively quiet as they await the Fed’s news. Joining the show to discuss these and other stories are Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley, Darius Sit of QCP Capital and Ian Rogers of Ledger.

16 jun 2021

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Federal Reserve Meeting, Another Congressional Hearing on CBDCs, the Bitcoin Bachelor and More

“First Mover” takes a look at the crypto markets and what to expect from the Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting starting Tuesday. Professor Darrell Duffie of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, who testified at the recent Senate Banking Committee hearing on CBDCs, shares his views on digital assets as the House Financial Services Committee prepares to take up the sometimes contentious topic. Mannik Dhillon of Victory Capital has markets analysis, and “The Bachelor” star Matt James discusses crypto and financial inclusion.

15 jun 2021

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Will Crypto Be Embraced in Colombia?; Did Musk Move the Markets Again?

Following El Salvador’s historic move to make bitcoin legal tender, an adviser to Colombia’s president says his nation is ready to embrace decentralized finance. That adviser, Jehudi Castro Sierra, joins “First Mover” to discuss the impact of crypto innovation in Colombia and, more broadly, in Latin America. Genesis Volatility CEO Greg Magadini with markets analysis following yet another tweet by Elon Musk regarding bitcoin and CoinDesk’s Nikhilesh De looking ahead to this week’s Federal Reserve meeting.

14 jun 2021

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Latin America’s Reaction to El Salvador Bitcoin Adoption News; Texas Authorizes State-Chartered Banks to Custody Crypto

“First Mover” explores countries considering bitcoin adoption and the reasons the idea is gaining traction. Edan Yago, the co-founder of DeFi protocol Sovryn with business interests in Latin America, shares his news and perspectives. Also joining the show to discuss the crypto markets is Joel Edgerton of bitFlyer USA, the U.S. arm of the Japan-based crypto exchange. Plus, IBM is seeking to get back into the blockchain business in a big way. The company’s blockchain lead, Kareem Yusuf, discusses IBM’s plans to help enterprises move into the blockchain era.

11 jun 2021

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Senate Banking Committee Hearing on Digital Dollar, What MIT Expert Says About the Only Solution to Crypto Ransomware Problem

U.S. lawmakers are stepping up their criticism of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies following the recent high profile cyberattacks on major U.S. companies. Dave Jevans of CipherTrace joins “First Mover” to discuss whether having a digital dollar can help solve the problem. Plus, eToro’s U.S. chief on why the company is moving its U.S. headquarters to Miami.

10 jun 2021

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It’s Official! El Salvador Adopts Bitcoin as Legal Tender, Blockstream on Its Solar-powered Bitcoin Mining Project With Square

“First Mover” covers this historical time of firsts for crypto from El Salvador becoming the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender to TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington selling his apartment as an NFT. Joining the show is Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, who offered to support El Salvador as the population begins to use bitcoin as money. Plus, Blockstream’s project with Square to build a solar-powered bitcoin mining facility. Greg King, of Osprey Funds, has his crypto markets analysis.

9 jun 2021

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Bitcoin Suffers Steepest Drop in 10 Days, What’s Behind the New Sell-Off?

Federal officials say they have recovered $2.3 million in bitcoin (BTC) Colonial Pipeline paid to a criminal outfit during a ransomware attack. How did they recover the money? CoinDesk’s Nik De explains what happened. Andre Portilho of BTG Pactual joins the show with markets analysis, and Juanjo Benitez Rickmann of Bitcoin.com.py in Paraguay shares an update on bitcoin adoption in his country. And, Anchorage’s Diogo Mónica on his company’s new product offering, Ethereum-backed loans through BankProv.

8 jun 2021

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Crypto Community Responds With Enthusiasm to Historic Development for Bitcoin in El Salvador but Markets Remain Quiet

“First Mover” goes to El Salvador for reaction to President Nayib Bukele’s proposal to use bitcoin as legal tender. Micheal Peterson, director of Bitcoin Beach, discusses an experiment underway to turn a town in El Salvador into a self-sufficient community that operates on bitcoin. Nischal Shetty of Indian crypto exchange WazirX joins our crypto markets discussion. Plus, Jesse Proudman discusses Makara, a crypto robo-advisor product that claims to be the first of its kind registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

7 jun 2021

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Crypto Community, Industry Leaders Respond to Musk ‘Broken Heart’ Bitcoin Tweet, Market Drop

Elon Musk does it again, sending crypto markets moving with a single tweet. This time it was a broken heart emoji that knocked bitcoin down, and other crypto prices followed suit. Joining the show with their reactions to the “Musk effect” and to discuss other markets and industry news are Ray Youssef of Paxful, Jeffrey Wang of Amber Group and Kathleen Breitman of Tezos.

4 jun 2021

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How Big a Hurdle Is $40K Resistance for Bitcoin? Comptroller of the Currency’s Crypto Concerns

“First Mover” with crypto markets analysis: Is bitcoin still in a bull market? What are institutional investors doing? Raghu Yarlagadda of FalconX joins our markets discussion. World-renowned photographer Platon and Michael Blu, co-founder of NFT platform LGND, discuss what NFTs mean to artists and the art industry. Plus, highlights of Platon’s NFT series of extreme eye close-ups of his subjects.

3 jun 2021

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