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.

Helene Braun

Dernières de Helene Braun


Juridique

Crypto Exchange Bittrex to Wind Down U.S. Operations Next Month

The firm took note of an uncertain regulatory and economic environment in the U.S.

El exchange de criptomonedas Bittrex cancelará sus operaciones en Estados Unidos al final de este mes ante una posible demanda de la SEC, según The Wall Street Journal. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Coinbase Hires Ex-Shopify Exec to Oversee Canada Operations

The company confirmed plans to expand in Canada as that country tightens rules for cryptocurrency exchanges.

Lucas Matheson, country director, Canada, at Coinbase (LinkedIn)

Marchés

Crypto Exchange Gemini Looking to Launch Overseas Derivatives Operation: The Information

Binance’s legal troubles and the collapse of FTX may have left an opening for others to grab market share in the crypto derivatives business.

Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss (L-R), creators of crypto exchange Gemini Trust Co., say they gave $1 million each to the Trump campaign. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Juridique

Crypto Exchange Beaxy Shut Down After SEC Lawsuit

The Securities and Exchange Commission also accused the exchange's founder of misappropriating customer money.

Comisión de Bolsa y Valores de Estados Unidos. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto’s Unfulfilled Dreams Get a Tailwind From U.S. Crackdown on Binance, Coinbase

The crypto revolution was supposed to make finance more decentralized, but much of the industry is centralized. Regulatory pressure could change that.

(Getty Images)

Finance

Kraken Lands Sponsorship Deal With Williams Racing Despite U.S. Regulatory Crackdown

The F1 team recently lost its most prominent driver, Nicholas Latifi, who brought in multiple sponsorship deals.

(PiggyBank/Unsplash)

Finance

Zero Hash Taps Former Stripe, Coinbase Exec as President and COO

Cyril Mathew previously led business development teams at Stripe and Coinbase.

Cyril Mathew (Zero Hash)

Finance

Dreams of Rebooting FTX Face Cold Reality That Its Technology Wasn’t Well-Regarded

Woefully high latency, bugs in the API traders use to interface with FTX and coding mishaps plagued the exchange, according to several former clients who spoke to CoinDesk.

(Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Technologies

Rapid Bank Runs Reveal Deposits Are Now Magic Internet Money, Too

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the speed of the Silicon Valley Bank run was “very different from what we’ve seen in the past.” However, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she is not considering a "blanket" deposit guarantee.

Internet-era bank runs don't look anything like this. (National Archives via Wikipedia, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Kraken to Suspend ACH Deposits and Withdrawals Following Silvergate Shutdown

The exchange says no other services will be affected by this change.

(PiggyBank/Unsplash)