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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Policy

Reality of XRP ETF Is One Step Closer After SEC Acknowledges Filing

The Securities and Exchanges Commission acknowledged a filing by the New York Stock Exchange and Grayscale for an XRP ETF on Thursday.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse at Korea Blockchain Week. (Parikshit Mishra/CoinDesk)

Markets

Coinbase Posts $2.27B in Q4 Revenue, Blowing Through $1.84B Estimate

The crypto exchange benefited from a major bull move in crypto during the fourth quarter surrounding Trump's election victory.

Coinbase app opening screen on mobile phone (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Policy

Crypto Scam Revenue From ‘Pig Butchering,’ AI Schemes Likely Grew in 2024, Chainalysis Reports

Fraudsters raked in at least $9.9 billion and possibly as much as $12.4 billion with their methods becoming more “professionalized.”

Photo of hands on a keyboard in a darkened room. (Unsplash)

Finance

Robinhood's Big Earnings Beat Could Bode Well for Coinbase

The popular trading platform said revenue for fourth quarter rose 115% from last year, mainly driven by crypto.

Robinhood shares could benefit from SEC dropping Coinbase case. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Franklin Templeton Expands $594M Market Money Fund to Solana

The move comes after Securitize linked to Solana to bring tokenized real-world assets to the network.

Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton president and CEO, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

Coinbase Q4 Earnings Expected to Show Best Volume Since 2021

The crypto exchange reports fourth quarter results after the close on Thursday.

Coinbase app opening screen on mobile phone (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Markets

Robinhood's Q4 Report Could Help Preview Coinbase Results

Analysts are expecting overall crypto revenue at Robinhood to have soared to $345.5 million from $63.9 million in the previous quarter.

Robinhood shares could benefit from SEC dropping Coinbase case. (Shutterstock)

Finance

European Payments Giant Klarna Says It Will Look To Integrate Crypto

The “buy now, pay later” company is backed by venture capital firm, Sequoia Capital, which has a 22% stake.

Klarna co-founder and CEO Klarna Sebastian Siemiatkowski in London in 2015. (John Phillips/Getty Images)

Markets

Startup Founded by Citi Alumni to Launch XRP-Backed Securities

Receipts Depositary Corp. already offers bitcoin and ether-backed securities and is now looking to expand its product suite by adding XRP.


Finance

SEC Seems Ready to Advance XRP, Litecoin, Solana ETF Applications

The Commission acknowledged several applications for crypto exchange-traded funds on Thursday, a move that ties the regulator to a strict timeline for approval or denial.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)