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

Small ESG-Focused Crypto Asset Manager Is Another Late Entrant to Bitcoin ETF Race

7RCC, a crypto asset management firm targeting ESG-focused investors, filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a spot-bitcoin and carbon credits futures exchange traded fund (ETF).

Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)

Markets

Coinbase Launches Spot Trading of Bitcoin and Ether Outside the U.S.

The feature will initially launch for institutional investors but will be rolled out for retail investors in the coming months, the exchange said.

Coinbase (Alpha Photo/Flickr)

Finance

Digital Asset Brokerage Firm Nonco Raises $10M Seed Funding Led by Valor Capital, Hack VC

The firm says it has already seen $6 billion in volume in Americas since its debut in April.

Fernando Martinez, CEO of Nonco. (Nonco)

Finance

BlackRock Spot BTC ETF Seed Funding is a Step Forward, but Just a Step

The move appears to be more for "operational purposes," said one ETF expert.

BlackRock HQ

Finance

Coinbase Adds Message-Based Crypto Payments to Its Decentralized Wallet

The new feature comes at a time of growing positive sentiment in the crypto market after over a year of pain for industry participants.

(Alpha Photo/Flickr)

Finance

New Binance CEO Evasive in First Marquee Interview Since Getting One of the Biggest Jobs in Crypto

Richard Teng, who just took over from founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao amid a $4.3 billion legal settlement, didn't give specific answers to simple questions asked by the moderator when asked where the exchange is headquartered or who the exchange's auditor is.

Binance CEO Richard Teng speaks in an interview at the Financial Times' Crypto and Digital Assets Summit in London. (CoinDesk/Lyllah Ledesma)

Finance

BlackRock, Bitwise File Updated Applications for Spot Bitcoin ETF

BlackRock’s amended filing included clarifications on topics such as the Trust’s structure and potential regulatory impacts on it.

BlackRock HQ

Finance

Grayscale Setting Up for Bitcoin ETF Race by Hiring Industry Veteran From Invesco

John Hoffman spent over 17 years at investment manager Invesco and will lead Grayscale's distribution and partnerships team.

Grayscale's new ad campaign in New York's Penn Station.

Finance

Binance Will Cease Support for Its BUSD Stablecoin on Dec. 15

The exchange announced earlier this year that it would “gradually” end support for the stablecoin.

Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.

Finance

Coinbase CEO Says Binance Settlement Will Turn the Page on Crypto's 'Bad Actors'

Armstrong said the recent enforcement action against bad actors such as Binance or former crypto exchange FTX could “close the chapter” on that part of crypto’s history.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)