Helene Braun

Helene is a New York-based markets reporter at CoinDesk, covering the latest news from Wall Street, the rise of the spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds and updates on crypto markets. She is a 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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Politiche

SEC Delays Decisions on In-Kind Redemptions, Ether ETF Staking

The regulator delayed two important decisions until June.

Paul Atkins has been confirmed by the Senate to take over the Securities and Exchange Commission as chairman. (Senate Banking Committee)

Mercati

Kraken Now Offers U.S. Stock, ETF Trading as it Preps for Possible IPO

Clients in 10 states will now be able to trade stocks and crypto from one platform.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/ Unsplash)

Tecnologie

Nvidia Moves AI Supercomputer Production to U.S., Opening New Avenues for Crypto Miners

Nvidia will build Blackwell chips in Arizona and AI supercomputers in Texas to meet surging AI demand.

Nvidia chip (Shutterstock)

Mercati

U.S. Consumer Sentiment Craters in First Post-Tariff Read, but Crypto Is Holding Up

Gold soared to a new record high as the selloff in the U.S. dollar and long-term Treasuries continued in force on Friday.

Edvard Munch's "The Scream." (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Mercati

BlackRock Bitcoin and Ether ETF Inflows Declined 83% in Q1 to $3B

Total digital asset AUM rose to more than $50 billion, a large number but a relatively minor proportion of BlackRock's more than $10 trillion under management.

The BlackRock company logo is seen outside of its NYC headquarters. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Mercati

Bitcoin Tumbles Below $80K Alongside 5% Plunge in Nasdaq as China Tariff Tiff Escalates

Amid the carnage, gold continued to be well-bid, surging to another record high.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk)

Mercati

Dogecoin ETF Race Joined by 21Shares

Grayscale and Bitwise have both previously filed regulatory paperwork for a spot ETF backed by DOGE.

Ophelia Snyder, Co-Founder, 21Shares, at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk, Austin, USA  (CoinDesk)

Politiche

SEC Approves Trading of Ether ETF Options

The regulator had initially postponed a decision back in February but ETF analyst James Seyffart said the approval wasn’t a surprise.

Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Mercati

Strategy's 25% Gain Leads as Crypto Stocks Soar on Trump Tariff Pause

The president earlier Wednesday announced a pause in his punitive reciprocal tariffs for all countries except China.

Crypto market breadth improves. (ArtTower/Pixabay)

Mercati

Tokenized Funds' Rapid Growth Comes With Red Flags: Moody's

The credit agency highlighted concerns over operational fragility, blockchain vulnerabilities and patchy regulation.

(Shubham Dhage / Unsplash)