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

Jack Dorsey’s Block Is Building a Bitcoin Mining System

The firm also completed the development of its three-nanometer mining chip, which it had been working on since April 2023.

Jack Dorsey speaks at Consensus 2018 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Payments App Strike Launches for European Customers

The app, which has been available in the U.S. since 2020, also recently expanded its services to Africa.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaking at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami Beach, Florida (Frederick Munawa)

Markets

NYSE Asks Market Participants About 24/7 Trading for Stocks

Round-the-clock trading became popular with the rise of cryptocurrencies and an increase in retail investor activity during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The New York Stock Exchange (Tomas Eidsvold/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Halving Is Not a Bullish Event, Says 10x Research Analyst

Markus Thielen, co-founder of 10x Research, said that previous post-halving bull run cycles weren’t a result of the halving, but of the macro environment.

a cleaver chops a lemon in half

Markets

Hong Kong Bitcoin ETFs Likely Not Available for Mainland Chinese Investors: Bloomberg

Analyst expectations of as much as $25 billion in fresh demand may have to be tempered.

Hong Kong (Ruslan Bardash / Unsplash)

Markets

Spot Bitcoin ETF Hype Dies Down, Normalcy Sets In

It's hardly unusual for ETFs of any ilk to go through periods of seeing no fresh money on a net basis, explained an analyst.

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

Finance

There Are Many Bitcoin Critics Left in Finance, Despite BlackRock's Newfound Love

At a recent gathering of investors in Miami, skepticism remained high even after finance titan BlackRock's shift toward touting the original cryptocurrency.

Investment pros gathered here in Miami, and many trashed bitcoin. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)