Bradley Keoun

Bradley Keoun

Bradley Keoun is CoinDesk's managing editor of markets, where he oversees a team of reporters covering cryptocurrency markets globally. A two-time Loeb Awards finalist, he previously was senior global finance and economic correspondent for TheStreet and before that worked as an editor and reporter for Bloomberg News in New York and Mexico City, reporting on Wall Street, emerging markets and the energy industry. He started out as a police-beat reporter for the Gainesville Sun in Florida and later worked as a general-assignment reporter for the Chicago Tribune. Originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana, he double-majored in electrical engineering and classical studies as an undergraduate at Duke University and later obtained a master's in journalism from the University of Florida. He owns less than $1,000 each of several cryptocurrencies.

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First Mover: Ethereum a Victim of Its Own Success as Fees Soar, Vitalik Complains
Ethereum's growing popularity with stablecoins and DeFi projects means fees are soaring on the network. Does that offer an opening for the competition?
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First Mover: Bitcoin Shows Signs of Life but Ether (and Crew) Steal the Limelight
In the race to become the dominant cryptocurrency platform, Ethereum is gaining on Bitcoin.
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First Mover: Why Bitcoin Traders Couldn't Give a Sat About the Twitter Hack
Bitcoin barely moved on this week’s Twitter hack. Here's what analysts said about why the attack had so little effect on prices.
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First Mover: 'Boring' Bitcoin Shrugs Off Twitter Hack as Stablecoins Co-Opt Satoshi's Dream
Prices for bitcoin barely budged, even as a scam involving the cryptocurrency appeared to be the motivation for a massive Twitter hack.
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First Mover: Bitcoiners Not Worried Fed Money Printer Has Stopped Going 'Brrrr'
The Federal Reserve's balance sheet is shrinking but bitcoin investors are betting it's only a matter of time before the economic toll of the coronavirus leads to more money p...
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First Mover: With Trading Volumes Slumping, Are There Too Many Crypto Exchanges?
As bitcoin's volatility tumbles to a 15-month low, is there enough trading volume to go round for the world's 400-plus cryptocurrency exchanges?
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First Mover: Even Bank of America Acknowledges China Winning Digital-Currency Race
BoA researchers anticipate China's digital yuan might make a dent in the greenback’s global hegemony.
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First Mover: As Bitcoiners Watch Dollar, Deutsche Bank Sees Trump Win Hurting Reserve Status
Add the U.S. presidential election to the growing list of volatility drivers as the bitcoin market enters the second half of 2020.
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First Mover: Crypto.com Says User Growth Coming From Products, Not Token Speculation
Crypto.com saw the total number of users increase by 50% in the past few months, to 3 million people.
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First Mover: Crypto.com's Chain Token Dominated Markets in June With 33% Gain
The Chain token gained 33% last month, the top performer among the largest digital assets during a month when bitcoin, ether and XRP all fell.
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