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

Medical Data Company OneMedNet Latest to Pursue Bitcoin Treasury Strategy After Capital Raise

Crypto investment fund Off the Chain Capital Management was among the investors in a private placement that funded the bitcoin purchase.

Medical data company OneMedNet late last month purchased $1.8 million of bitcoin (Fusion Medical Animatin/Unsplash

Markets

Franklin Templeton's Tokenized Money Market Fund Expands to Arbitrum

The $420 million OnChain U.S. Government Money Market Fund was already on Stellar and Polygon.

A closeup of a US hundred dollar bill (Benjamin Franklin side).

Finance

Hong Kong Digital Bank Mox Adds Crypto ETFs, Plans Direct Crypto Investing

The bank becomes one of several offering bitcoin and ether ETFs to Hong Kong customers despite relatively low demand.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Finance

Stripe Partners With Bitstamp to Make Crypto Buying Easier for European Users

The widget won't be available to customers in the U.K.

Bitstamp CEO Jean-Baptiste Graftieaux (Bitstamp)

News Analysis

Semler Scientific Studied MicroStrategy’s Success Before Adopting Bitcoin Strategy

Purchasing bitcoin for the company balance sheet came following “soul searching” about how to provide value to shareholders, Eric Semler told CoinDesk.

(Brock Wegner/Unsplash)