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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Markets

BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Inflows Climb to Fifth-Highest Among All ETFs in 2024

Fidelity's spot ETF also garnered a ranking in the top 10 of fund inflows so far this year.

BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

WisdomTree Bets on Adviser Adoption for Bitcoin ETF Success

Of the new spot funds, WisdomTree has so far attracted the lowest amount of AUM at roughly $12.8 million.

Jonathan Steinberg, CEO, WisdomTree (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

Binance Is Facing Regulatory Headwinds as It Tries to Re-Enter UK Market: Bloomberg

The largest crypto exchange in the world stopped offering its services to U.K. customers in October after it failed to comply with a rule change made by regulators last year.

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Finance

Global X Pulls Out of Spot Bitcoin ETF Application

The exchange-traded funds (ETFs) provider was not among the 11 spot bitcoin ETFs that received regulatory approval on January 11.

Exit sign (Paul Brennan/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Nears $44K as ETFs See Net Inflows for First Time in a Week

The last previous net inflow day was January 22, when the spot products as a group added just over 1,200 bitcoin.

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

Finance

Web3 Payments Firm Transak Joins Visa Direct to Streamline Crypto-to-Fiat Conversion

The deal allows the Web3 payments infrastructure provider's users in over 145 countries to easily convert crypto into local currencies.

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Markets

Invesco Cuts Bitcoin ETF Fee In a Bid to Lure Investors

The asset manager previously had one of the highest fees of 0.39% for its bitcoin ETF.

The bitcoin ETF race is one. (Dallas Reedy/Unsplash)

Markets

Anthony Scaramucci Predicts Bitcoin to Hit at Least $170K Post Halving

Scaramucci also praised BlackRock CEO Larry Fink for “[doing] his homework” on bitcoin and changing his mind on the asset.

Anthony Scaramucci sees bitcoin soaring to at least $170,000 after the halving in April. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF First to Reach $2B in AUM

The fund now holds nearly 50,000 bitcoin after adding almost another 4,300 tokens on Thursday.

BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Coinbase Upgraded by Oppenheimer as Crypto Exchange Is 'Stronger Than Many People Realize'

Analyst Own Lau noted higher trading volume, the recent approval of the spot bitcoin ETFs, and a potential win in the company’s lawsuit against the SEC as the main drivers for the upgrade.

Coinbase (Alpha Photo/Flickr)