Helene Braun

Helene is a New York-based markets reporter at CoinDesk, covering the latest news from Wall Street, the rise of the spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds and updates on crypto markets. She is a graduate of New York University's business and economic reporting program and has appeared on CBS News, YahooFinance and Nasdaq TradeTalks. She holds BTC and ETH.

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Finance

BlackRock's Larry Fink: Crypto’s TradFi Savior

The CEO of BlackRock helped pull the cryptocurrency industry out of its near-fatal post-FTX-collapse bear market and brought prices back to new highs.

(Pudgy Penguins)

Finance

Bitcoin at $100K: The Financial World Reacts

After BTC hit $100,000, growing from zero to $2 trillion in a decade and a half, CoinDesk rounded up reactions — from believers and skeptics — to the milestone.

People respond to BTC reaching $100,000, including Trump, Schiff and Bukele

Finance

Corporate Bitcoin Treasuries Are All the Rage. Now XRP?

Worksport, a Nasdaq-listed manufacturer of covers for pickup trucks, has decided to not only buy bitcoin for its corporate treasury, but also Ripple's XRP.

A Worksport factory

Policy

Putin Says No One Will Be Able to Ban Cryptocurrencies: State Media

The Russian president said cryptocurrencies will continue to develop no matter what happens to the U.S. dollar.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin said nobody has the power to ban bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies and that they will continue to develop, news agency RIA reported.

Markets

Grayscale Files to Convert Solana Trust Into ETF

Currently a closed-end fund opened by Grayscale in 2021, the Solana Trust has $134 million in assets under management.

A Solana booth at ethDenver (Danny Nelson)

News Analysis

MicroStrategy Looks Poised to Join Influential Nasdaq-100 Index. Here's What That Means for the Stock.

This would guarantee new money flowing into Michael Saylor's stock and would bring more bitcoin into an important TradFi benchmark.

Michael Saylor speaks on stage during Bitcoin Conference 2023 at Miami Beach Convention Center on May 19, 2023 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Jason Koerner/Getty Images)

Finance

This Hedge Fund Now Has a 1,000x Profit on Bitcoin

Dan Morehead's Pantera Capital Management was one of the first funds to get into bitcoin (BTC) back in July 2013.

Dan Morehead, CEO of Pantera Capital, told his team in 2013 that bitcoin would "squeeze up like a watermelon seed.” (Getty Images)

Policy

Trump Picks Pro-Crypto Hedge Fund Manager Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary

If the Senate confirms Bessent, the next person whose signature is on the front of paper U.S. currency will be a fan of digital assets created to replace the conventional financial system.

Scott Bessent (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Finance

Charles Schwab Wants to Directly Offer Crypto to Clients, Incoming CEO Says

Rick Wurster, who will step into the role of the CEO in the new year, said that the bank has been waiting on a change in the U.S.'s regulatory environment, which he expects to happen soon.

Financial services giant Charles Schwab has plans to directly offer crypto investments to its clients, president and incoming CEO Rick Wurster said. (Brendan Church/Unsplash)

Policy

Former FTX CTO Gary Wang Won’t Have to Serve Prison Time, Judge Rules

Wang was one of the key cooperating witnesses with U.S. prosecutors in Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial, earning him a “world of credit,” a judge said on Wednesday.

FTX co-founder Gary Wang, center, near the federal courthouse in Manhattan as he was set to testify again on Oct. 10, 2023 (Victor Chen/CoinDesk)