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

Grayscale Rolls Out Aave Fund

Aave has becomes one of the largest crypto lending protocol by total value locked.

Grayscale advertisement (Grayscale)

Finance

Bitwise Makes XRP ETF Plans Official With SEC Filing

The asset manager's S-1 comes a day after it registered a trust entity with the state of Delaware.

Bitwise submitted an S-1 form to the SEC, a step forward for its dogecoin ETF plans. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Franklin Templeton Adds Aptos Blockchain to Support Tokenized Money Market Fund

The $435 million fund is also available on Avalanche, Arbitrum, Stellar and Polygon.

Aptos founders Mo Shaikh, left, and Avery Ching (Aptos Labs)

Policy

Bitwise Takes a Step Toward XRP ETF

Ripple's XRP barely budged after the Delaware filing was confirmed.

(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Finance

Robinhood Introduces Crypto Transfers in Europe as It Doubles Down on Expansion

The trading app will let customers deposit and withdraw over 20 cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, ether, solana and USD coin.

Robinhood website on laptop (Unsplash)

Markets

MicroStrategy's Next Bitcoin Purchase Is Likely to Take Its Holdings Above Grayscale's GBTC

The self-described Bitcoin development company currently holds 252,220 bitcoins, but has more than $1 billion in dry powder with which to purchase additional tokens.

MicroStrategy executive chairman and co-founder Michael Saylor. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

MicroStrategy 2X Leveraged ETF Sees Massive Inflows In First Week Of Trading As MSTR Outperforms Bitcoin

The T-REX 2X Long MSTR Daily Target ETF (MSTU) took in $72 million in the first week of trading, according to data by Bloomberg Intelligence.

MSTR vs BTCUSD( TradingView)

Markets

Bitcoin Hits $65K for First Time Since Early August, Renewing Investor Interest in Spot ETFs

Monetary stimulus in the U.S. and China appeared to be the catalyst for the crypto's run higher.

Bitcoin price 9/26/24

Finance

Wall Street Titan Guggenheim Tokenizes $20M of Commercial Paper on Ethereum

Blockchain platform Zeconomy assisted the $300B asset manager with the transaction and reports "massive demand" for digital assets.

Commercial paper is short-term, unsecured debt issued by corporations. (Library of Congress)

Policy

Ex-Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Her Role in FTX Fraud

Ellison will also have to forfeit about $11 billion dollars, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

Caroline Ellison exits a Manhattan courthouse after being sentenced to two years in prison on Sept. 24, 2024. (Victor Chen/CoinDesk)