Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Strategy, Investigative Journalism, Crypto Media, E-E-A-T Standards
Emily Volker is the Editor-in-Chief of CoinRadar Daily, where she leads a multilingual editorial team covering cryptocurrency markets, blockchain innovation, Web3, and global digital asset regulation across eight languages. With more than a decade of experience in financial and technology journalism, she has played a key role in developing high editorial standards and trusted reporting within the digital asset industry. Emily began her career as a financial journalist reporting on commodities, energy markets, and emerging technologies before discovering Bitcoin and decentralized finance in the early 2010s. She later moved to London to join one of Europe's early blockchain-focused media organizations, where she advanced into senior editorial leadership. Her experience reporting through both the rapid expansion of the 2017 ICO boom and the subsequent market correction reinforced her commitment to fact-based, research-driven journalism in an industry often influenced by speculation. She holds a Master's degree in International Journalism from City, University of London, and has completed executive studies in digital media strategy through the Reuters Institute at Oxford. Emily is a strong advocate for editorial transparency, rigorous verification, and responsible financial reporting. She also helped integrate Google's E-E-A-T principles—Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness—into the editorial standards followed by CoinRadar Daily. Under her leadership, CoinRadar Daily has expanded into a global cryptocurrency news platform publishing content in eight languages with a network of editors, analysts, and contributors across four continents. Emily oversees investigative reporting, editorial policy, content quality, and fact-checking processes to ensure every article meets the publication's standards for accuracy, credibility, and independence. Alongside her editorial responsibilities, Emily mentors aspiring journalists through digital media initiatives and regularly speaks at international conferences focused on journalism, fintech, blockchain technology, and digital assets, where she discusses responsible reporting, combating misinformation, and the evolving future of financial media.
Open source is treated as the end of the security argument for a signing device. It is the beginning of one. Between published source and the binary on your device sits a compilation step, and only a reproducible build closes it.
Emily Volker · September 25, 2026→
A liquidation cascade is not simply a lot of liquidations. It is a feedback loop in which the mechanism designed to protect the protocol becomes the thing driving the price down, and it has a recognisable sequence with identifiable points where it can be broken.
Emily Volker · September 19, 2026→
Every staking protocol describes itself as decentralised. The claim is measurable from public data, the measurement takes an afternoon, and the results routinely differ from the marketing in ways that matter to anyone holding the receipt token.
Emily Volker · September 13, 2026→
Every proof-of-stake network puts a delay between deciding to unstake and holding the asset again. That delay is not an inconvenience the designers failed to remove; it is load-bearing, and it lengthens under precisely the conditions that make people want to leave.
Emily Volker · September 7, 2026→
A staking return is not one number. It is three separate revenue streams with different origins, different volatility and different answers to the only question that matters: is anyone actually paying you, or are you being handed a larger slice of a diluted pie?
Emily Volker · September 1, 2026→
Buying Bitcoin safely means using a regulated exchange, verifying your identity, paying through secure methods, and moving your coins into a wallet you control.
Emily Volker · June 24, 2026→
Ethereum is a global, programmable blockchain where developers build apps and ETH pays for the computing. Here is how the network actually works, from smart contracts to validators.
Emily Volker · June 23, 2026→
DeFi rebuilds financial services on public blockchains so anyone with a wallet can lend, borrow, and trade without a bank or broker in the middle. Here is how it actually works.
Emily Volker · June 22, 2026→
Crypto rules vary by country, but most regimes circle the same goals: stopping fraud, protecting users and tracing illicit money. Here is how the global picture fits together.
Emily Volker · June 16, 2026→
Crypto moves in repeating cycles of expansion and contraction. Understanding the four phases of a market cycle helps you set expectations and avoid buying euphoria or selling fear.
Emily Volker · June 16, 2026→
A spot Bitcoin ETF holds actual bitcoin and lets investors gain exposure through a brokerage account. Here is how it works and what you give up.
Emily Volker · June 1, 2026→
Layer 2 rollups make Ethereum faster and cheaper by moving activity off the main chain. Here is how rollups work, what Arbitrum, Optimism, and Base offer, and what to watch.
Emily Volker · May 26, 2026→
Centralized exchanges hold your funds and feel like apps; decentralized exchanges let you trade from your own wallet. Here is how the two compare and when to use each.
Emily Volker · May 26, 2026→
Stablecoins promise a steady value, and that promise is exactly what regulators scrutinize. Here is how stablecoin rules tend to work and why reserves sit at the center.
Emily Volker · May 26, 2026→
Telling a bull market from a bear is easy in hindsight and hard in the moment. These are the signals that help you read the broader trend without chasing noise.
Emily Volker · May 26, 2026→
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs booked their strongest weekly inflow since October 2025, even as Bitcoin slipped near $83,000. Meanwhile, the SEC pushed back a key ETF options ruling and Commissioner Hester Peirce prepares to leave.
Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov joined BlackRock and Vanguard executives at a Federal Reserve panel on crypto regulation, while Bitcoin held steady near $84,000 and the broader market approached $3 trillion.
The CFTC says it will build crypto market-structure rules under its existing authority, while MoonPay agrees to buy SEC-registered North Capital in a deal reportedly worth over $60 million. Together, the two stories point to a US market moving toward regulated tokenization.
Two major U.S. regulatory moves hit crypto on the same day: prosecutors seek forfeiture of $61 million tied to Iranian oil sanctions evasion, while the Senate holds a make-or-break cloture vote on the CLARITY Act.
Bitcoin and Ethereum pulled back Monday as hawkish Fed signals and Middle East tensions weighed on risk assets — even as Michael Saylor's Strategy ended a two-month pause with a $370 million Bitcoin purchase.
Daily inflows and outflows from spot Bitcoin ETFs have become a widely watched proxy for institutional demand. We explain what they reveal and their limits.
Total value locked is the metric most cited when DeFi rises or falls, yet it can be a noisy signal. We break down what it actually captures.
Crypto increasingly reacts to macroeconomic headlines. We explain why data releases can trigger outsized moves and how to think about them calmly.
Rather than handling all activity directly, Ethereum's base layer increasingly acts as a secure settlement anchor for the rollups built on it. The shift reframes how the network scales.
Not every crypto action triggers tax, but more do than newcomers expect. We explain what a taxable event generally is and the cases that catch people out.
The Lightning Network is Bitcoin's leading effort to make fast, low-cost payments practical. We explain how this second layer works and where it still falls short.
DeFi protocols increasingly hand decisions to token holders through on-chain governance. The model is promising but still wrestling with participation and power concentration.
Volume is one of the most quoted yet least understood market figures. We explain what it signals about conviction and where it can mislead.