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.

Helene Braun

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Finance

Michael Saylor Says Republicans Have More 'Progressive’ View on Crypto, Democrats ‘Drifting to the Middle’

MicroStrategy has purchased roughly $8.3 billion worth of bitcoin since August 2020.

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

Markets

Coinbase, Robinhood Upgraded by Barclays Analyst, Citing 'Matured' Business Models

Both stocks opened the day higher after the British bank published its upgrade overnight.

Barclays has upgraded both Coinbase and Robinhood to equal weight from underweight, citing better business models. (Pcruciatti/Shutterstock)

Policy

Kamala Harris Is Not Directly Accepting Crypto Donations, a PAC Is, Coinbase Says

A spokesperson for Coinbase said the Future Forward PAC, which is dedicated to supporting Kamala Harris, is accepting crypto donations, rather than her campaign directly.

A PAC supporting Kamala Harris' presidential campaign is accepting crypto donations via Coinbase. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Finance

Binance Hires UK-Based Accounting Firm Grant Thornton to Advise on Audits

The crypto exchange was previously dropped by auditing firm Mazars which had been helping the firm with a proof-of-reserves report.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)