Bradley Keoun

Bradley Keoun

Bradley Keoun is CoinDesk's managing editor of tech & protocols, where he oversees a team of reporters covering blockchain technology, and previously ran the global crypto markets team. A two-time Loeb Awards finalist, he previously was chief 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 is currently based in Austin, Texas, and in his spare time plays guitar, sings in a choir and hikes in the Texas Hill Country. He owns less than $1,000 each of several cryptocurrencies.

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Protocol Village: Euclid, Cross-Chain Liquidity Infrastructure Powered by Nibiru, Emerges From Stealth
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of May 9-15.
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Protocol Village: Omni Launches Open-Source EVM Framework 'Octane' With Sub-Second Finality
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of May 2-8.
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The Protocol: From 'Node Sales' to 'Address Poisoning,' the Money's in Crypto
In this week's issue of The Protocol newsletter, we dive into the crypto industry's fundraising method du jour – it's all about the decentralization! PLUS: Polyhedra says its...
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Tiered node sales, like this one from Sophon, mean that the longer buyers wait, they will have to pay a higher price. (Sophon/modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)
It's Not a Token Offering, It's a 'Node Sale': Sophon Blockchain Raises $60M
The blockchain project's founders aren't even publicly named, but they've enjoyed remarkable success in fundraising, partly thanks to this increasingly popular fundraising met...
Tiered node sales, like this one from Sophon, mean that the longer buyers wait, they will have to pay a higher price. (Sophon/modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)
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High Stakes | Intense Competition Among Layer Two Solutions
The battle for supremacy among layer two solutions in crypto has projects vying to showcase their tech. Despite criticism, airdrops and token launches by Ren and Eigenlayer ha...
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The Protocol: EigenLayer's 'Intersubjective Forking' Is Objectively Not Done
Much-hyped restaking project EigenLayer's 43-page whitepaper about its now-revealed EIGEN token has raised lots of questions. They may not matter initially, because much of th...
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Rootstock founder Sergio Demian Lerner spoke Wednesday about BitVMX at the Bitcoin++ conference in Austin, Texas (Bradley Keoun)
Bitcoin's Ethereum-Style Programmability Could Come in 12 Months, Rootstock Founder Says
The new project would build off the much-discussed "BitVM" design released last year by developer Robin Linus, which has kindled hopes that the oldest and largest blockchain c...
Rootstock founder Sergio Demian Lerner spoke Wednesday about BitVMX at the Bitcoin++ conference in Austin, Texas (Bradley Keoun)
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Protocol Village: Chainlink CCIP to Power New 'FIX-Native Blockchain Adapter' With Rapid Addition
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 25-May 1.
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Runes | A Degenerate Casino on the Bitcoin Blockchain Creative
Runes and Ordinals ‘Artist’ Creator, Casey Rodarmor has just invented two of the most dramatically impactful protocols in the blockchain industry's history and embraces crypto...
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The Protocol: Analyzing Runes Impact as Bitcoin Fee Bonanza Fades
Last week's Bitcoin halving came and went – just as Satoshi Nakamoto programmed it. But the big surprise was the fast uptake of Casey Rodarmor's new Runes protocol, his second...
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