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

Robinhood’s May Crypto Trading Volume Falls 68% to $2.1B

The trading platform recently delisted three tokens that were classified as securities in the SEC's lawsuit against Coinbase and Binance.

Robinhood app on a smartphone (Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto.com Winding Down U.S. Institutional Business

The move won't affect the company's retail operations.

The exterior of Crypto.com Arena (Rich Fury/Getty Images)

Markets

Robinhood Ends Support for All Tokens Named in SEC Lawsuit as Securities

The trading platform will end support for Cardano (ADA), Polygon (MATIC) and Solana (SOL) on June 27th.

Robinhood app on a smartphone (Shutterstock)

Finance

SEC's Latest Crackdown Could Drive Crypto Firms Out of the U.S.

Companies such as Coinbase and Binance may not want to, but they could be forced to focus their efforts elsewhere.

(Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock)

Markets

Coinbase Shares Slump After SEC Files Suit Against Company

Major shareholders include Vanguard Group, Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest, Nikko Asset Management, Fidelity and BlackRock.

COIN slid Tuesday following a suit by the SEC against Coinbase. (TradingView)

Policy

Binance Lawsuit Could Be ‘Huge Mistake’ or Bring Needed Clarity to U.S. Crypto Industry

The SEC brought 13 charges against Binance, alleging the exchange violated federal securities laws.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Hedge Fund Arca Has Trimmed 30% of Its Staff

The company currently has 66 employees, according to LinkedIn.

Arca CEO Rayne Steinberg (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Coinbase Shares Drop 10% Following SEC’s Suit Against Binance

Bitcoin (BTC) dropped below the $26,000 mark, while the shares of bitcoin mining stocks fell as well.

Coinbase share price (TradingView)

Finance

Justin Sun Predicts Huobi May Get Hong Kong License in 6 to 12 Months

He says other exchanges, including OKX, Gate.io, Bitget and ByBit might also apply for a license.

Justin Sun (CoinDeskTV)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Bybit Exits Canada Citing Recent Regulatory Development

Binance recently announced its exit from Canada as well, while Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini among others stay committed.

Toronto, Canada (Shutterstock)