Helene Braun

Helene is a New York-based news reporter at CoinDesk, covering news about Wall Street, the rise of the spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and updates on crypto exchanges. She is also the co-host of CoinDesk's Markets Daily show on Spotify and Youtube. Helene is a recent 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

Hong Kong Digital Bank Mox Adds Crypto ETFs, Plans Direct Crypto Investing

The bank becomes one of several offering bitcoin and ether ETFs to Hong Kong customers despite relatively low demand.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Finance

Stripe Partners With Bitstamp to Make Crypto Buying Easier for European Users

The widget won't be available to customers in the U.K.

Bitstamp CEO Jean-Baptiste Graftieaux (Bitstamp)

News Analysis

Semler Scientific Studied MicroStrategy’s Success Before Adopting Bitcoin Strategy

Purchasing bitcoin for the company balance sheet came following “soul searching” about how to provide value to shareholders, Eric Semler told CoinDesk.

(Brock Wegner/Unsplash)

Markets

Coinbase's 'Solid' Earnings May Get Derailed by Low Volume, Fed Headwinds, Analysts Say

The company reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Thursday but saw a strong downtick in revenue from transaction fees, its main source of income.

Coinbase (PiggyBank/Unsplash)

Finance

MicroStrategy Bull Doubles Down on The Stock by Raising Price Target to Wall Street High

The broker raised its year-end price target for the software company to $2,150 from $1,875.

MicroStrategy executive chairman and co-founder Michael Saylor. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase Shares Rise After Q2 Revenue Beats Wall Street Estimates Amid Falling Trading Volume

The crypto exchange posted better-than-expected revenue mostly due to its sales diversification strategy.

Coinbase (PiggyBank/Unsplash)