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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Markets

Bitcoin Price Nears $44K as ETFs See Net Inflows for First Time in a Week

The last previous net inflow day was January 22, when the spot products as a group added just over 1,200 bitcoin.

The 10 spot bitcoin ETFs on Monday experienced their first net inflows in a week (Jim Wilson/Unsplash)

Finance

Web3 Payments Firm Transak Joins Visa Direct to Streamline Crypto-to-Fiat Conversion

The deal allows the Web3 payments infrastructure provider's users in over 145 countries to easily convert crypto into local currencies.

visa, credit cards

Markets

Invesco Cuts Bitcoin ETF Fee In a Bid to Lure Investors

The asset manager previously had one of the highest fees of 0.39% for its bitcoin ETF.

The bitcoin ETF race is one. (Dallas Reedy/Unsplash)

Markets

Anthony Scaramucci Predicts Bitcoin to Hit at Least $170K Post Halving

Scaramucci also praised BlackRock CEO Larry Fink for “[doing] his homework” on bitcoin and changing his mind on the asset.

Anthony Scaramucci sees bitcoin soaring to at least $170,000 after the halving in April. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF First to Reach $2B in AUM

The fund now holds nearly 50,000 bitcoin after adding almost another 4,300 tokens on Thursday.

BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Coinbase Upgraded by Oppenheimer as Crypto Exchange Is 'Stronger Than Many People Realize'

Analyst Own Lau noted higher trading volume, the recent approval of the spot bitcoin ETFs, and a potential win in the company’s lawsuit against the SEC as the main drivers for the upgrade.

Coinbase (Alpha Photo/Flickr)

Markets

Bitwise Becomes First Spot Bitcoin ETF Provider to Provide Wallet Address

The move drew applause from industry experts.

(Unsplash)

Finance

Is Grayscale Takeover Bait Amid Bitcoin ETF Battle?

Experts said newcomers in the bitcoin investing game could be enticed by Grayscale, the incumbent with a huge lead.

Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Instantly Topped Silver in ETF Market and Trails Only Gold Among Commodities

The newly launched bitcoin exchange-traded funds already have nearly $30 billion in assets under management. Silver ETFs only have $11 billion.

Bitcoin ETFs had more assets than silver ETFs the instant the SEC approved them last week. (Scottsdale Mint/Unsplash)

Markets

Tether Reportedly Bought 8.9K Bitcoin for $380M, Remaining 11th-Largest BTC Holder

The stablecoin issuer announced in May 2023 that it would start buying bitcoin in an effort to diversify the backing of its USDT stablecoin.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)