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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Finance

Payments Company Affirm Is Shutting Down Its Crypto Business

During the bull market of 2021, Affirm had joined a number of fintech firms in offering clientele the ability to buy and sell crypto.

Affirm CEO Max Levchin (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Finance

Deutsche Bank in Talks to Invest in 2 German Crypto Firms: Bloomberg

The banking giant’s asset management arm, DWS Group, is looking to expand further into the digital assets space.

Deutsche Bank

Finance

Crypto Super Bowl Advertising Will Be Absent This Year

It's a notable change from last year's National Football League championship, where crypto ads were so prevalent the event was dubbed the "Crypto Bowl."

Last year's Super Bowl ads included one from FTX featuring Larry David (dentsuMB/FTX)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Binance to Suspend US Dollar Bank Transfers This Week

USD bank transfers comprise only a tiny bit of monthly active users, the exchange said.

Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as "CZ", founder and CEO of Binance, at Davos in 2023. (Casper Labs)

Finance

Filecoin Creator Protocol Labs Cuts 21% of Staff

The company cited the current economic situation and crypto winter as the reasons behind its decision.

Protocol Labs co-founder and CEO Juan Benet speaks at CoinDesk's Construct 2017 conference. (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Fund Management Giant State Street Increases Stake in Silvergate to 9.3%

Silvergate is up nearly 40% on Thursday alongside a sizable rally in crypto-related stocks.

(State Street Global Advisors, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

BNY Mellon Names Caroline Butler CEO of Digital Assets

Butler previously ran the Custody Services division at the bank.

Caroline Butler (BNY Mellon)

Finance

Coinbase Shares Soar as Crypto-Related Stocks Continue Post-Fed Rally

Barclays analyst said Coinbase volumes rose 56% in January from the previous month.

Crypto-related stocks soared after the Federal Reserve's latest rate hike decision. (TradingView)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Bittrex Laying Off More Than 80 People

CEO Richie Lai cited the “new economic environment” as the primary reason for the cuts.

Bittrex (Shutterstock)

Finance

Fidelity Digital Assets' Head of Institutional Crypto Exits Role

Chris Tyrer joined Fidelity Digital Assets as its first U.K. employee four years ago.

Chris Tyrer Head of Institutional, Head of Europe (Fidelity Digital Assets)