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

Bitcoin ETF Issuer VanEck Has Huge Crypto Growth Goals in Europe

Martijn Rozemuller, the CEO of VanEck Europe, sees crypto eventually matching its other product lines in terms of assets under management.

VanEck Europe sees its crypto business become equally as important as its other ventures in the future, the Amsterdam-based division of VanEck told CoinDesk in an interview. (Flickr/moonjazz)

Finance

BlackRock's Spot Bitcoin ETF Starts Trading in Brazil

The asset manager's geographic expansion of the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) follows its successful introduction in the U.S. in January.

Brazil (Agustin Diaz Gargiulo / Unsplash)

Finance

Bank of America, Wells Fargo to Offer Spot Bitcoin ETFs to Clients: Bloomberg

CoinDesk reported on Wednesday that another Wall Street giant, Morgan Stanley, might soon offer its clients exposure to the new products as well.

(Chenyu Guan/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin ETF Buying Led by Retail, Hedge Funds, FAs; Larger Players Still to Come: Bitwise CIO

The large U.S. wirehouses have yet to offer the newish funds to their clients, Matt Hougan told CNBC.

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack

Finance

Amid Ferocious Bitcoin Rally, a Coinbase Snafu Shows $0 Balances for Customers

Multiple users of Coinbase's U.S. platform said on Wednesday that their account balances were wiped out.

Coinbase (Alpha Photo/Flickr)

Finance

VanEck Starts Digital Asset Management Platform and NFT Marketplace

The platform, called SegMint, aims to streamline the sharing of access and ownership of self-custodied assets.

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Finance

Ark and 21Shares to Disclose Spot Bitcoin ETF Reserves Via Chainlink Integration

The move comes after fellow spot bitcoin ETF issuer Bitwise drew applause from industry experts for making its wallet address public in January.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood (Marco Bello/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Hits Record Volume of Over $1.3B for Second Consecutive Day

Spot bitcoin ETFs again booked a strong day, recording over $2 billion in daily trading volume but slightly fell short of Monday's record.

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin ETF High Volume Doesn't Always Mean Heavy Buying: NYDIG

The "turnover ratio" offers an indication of the proportion of a fund's assets traded each day.

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack