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

Bhutan's Crypto Reserve Could Pave Way for Economic Growth in Other Countries

Smaller countries could strengthen economic growth by attracting foreign investment and utilizing available renewable energy resources to mine bitcoin.

(Mayukh Karmakar/Unsplash)

Markets

XRP Interest Jumps as Brad Garlinghouse Meets With Trump

The native token of the XRP Ledger rose more than 2% on Wednesday while most of the rest of the crypto sector saw steep losses.

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple Labs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

KuCoin Enables Crypto Point-of-Sale Payments by QR-Code

The crypto exchange joins a number of crypto payment providers enabling customers to pay with crypto.

(Christiann Koepke/Unsplash)

Markets

MicroStrategy to Enter Nasdaq 100, Exposing Bitcoin-Linked Stock to Billions in Passive Investment Flows

The self-described Bitcoin Development Company became one of the 75 largest non-financial firms in the Nasdaq after its explosive growth this year.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Credit: CoinDesk/Danny Nelson)

Finance

Michael Novogratz's Galaxy Appoints Former Point72 Exec as CFO

The firm’s current chief financial officer, Alex Ioffe, will transition into a senior advisor role.

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Microsoft Shareholders Vote Down Bitcoin Treasury Proposal

The negative vote was expected even as MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor tried to convince Microsoft shareholders otherwise.

Microsoft shareholders voted against adding bitcoin to its company's treasury. (Photo by Craig T Fruchtman/Getty Images)

Finance

Hunter Horsley and Matt Hougan: The Spot Crypto ETF Champions

The two Bitwise executives have worked tirelessly to get crypto exchange-traded funds approved by the SEC, and this year they finally succeeded.

A portrait of Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley (CoinDesk/Pudgy Penguins)

Finance

BlackRock's Larry Fink: Crypto’s TradFi Savior

The CEO of BlackRock helped pull the cryptocurrency industry out of its near-fatal post-FTX-collapse bear market and brought prices back to new highs.

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Finance

Bitcoin at $100K: The Financial World Reacts

After BTC hit $100,000, growing from zero to $2 trillion in a decade and a half, CoinDesk rounded up reactions — from believers and skeptics — to the milestone.

People respond to BTC reaching $100,000, including Trump, Schiff and Bukele

Finance

Corporate Bitcoin Treasuries Are All the Rage. Now XRP?

Worksport, a Nasdaq-listed manufacturer of covers for pickup trucks, has decided to not only buy bitcoin for its corporate treasury, but also Ripple's XRP.

A Worksport factory