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

Mastercard CEO Teases CBDC Panel: SWIFT May Not Exist in 5 Years

Michael Miebach joined a panel on central bank digital currencies during the World Economic Forum's annual meeting.

Yuval Rooz (left), Jennifer Lassiter, Michael Miebach, David Treat and Jon Frost (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Finance

First Mover Americas: TRON Outperforms BTC and Crypto Takes a Lead Role at Davos

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for May 24, 2022.

Davos, Switzerland (Terry Lawrence/Getty images)

Policy

At Davos, Crypto Is No Longer on the Outside

Cryptocurrencies have taken a prominent role at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, despite the mainstream finance world’s apparent contempt for the sector.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse (right) and Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire spoke on a panel about remittances at the World Economic Forum's media village. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Back Below $30K as Target's Earnings Miss Shows Effects of Inflation

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for May 18, 2022.

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Finance

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Retakes $30K as 'Institutional Adoption' Makes Crypto More Like Stocks

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for May 17, 2022.

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Markets

Big-Money Investors Who Boosted Bitcoin’s Price Might Now Crash It

Everyone celebrated the arrival of institutional investors to the bitcoin market, as their rising adoption helped send prices soaring. Now, with correlations to traditional markets at an all-time high, fingers are pointing over the market swoon.

Bitcoin and stocks have become bedfellows - for better or worse. (Mraz Center for the Performing Arts, via Creative Commons)

Markets

'$DAI Will Die' Tweet Twisted Back on Terra's Kwon as UST Loses $1 Peg

Terra's UST briefly fell below $6.5 billion in market cap on Wednesday morning, allowing DAI to be the fourth-biggest stablecoin on the market for a time.

Do Kwon, a cofounder of Terraform Labs

Markets

Inflation Rose to 8.3% in April, With Monthly Core CPI Doubling From March

Bitcoin dropped sharply after the release.

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Markets

Past-Peak Inflation Might Be Misleading as Price Pressures Continue to Mount

As inflation peaks, bitcoin traders should be wary of reading too much into data.

Consumer Price Index, % Change Over 12 Months, including forecasted number for April 2022 CPI (Source: CoinDesk Research, Department of Labor Statistics, FactSet)

Markets

Bitcoin Recovers to $32K After Dipping Below $30K to 10-Month Low

The last time the largest cryptocurrency by market cap traded under $30,000 was in July 2021.

Bitcoin hit a 24-hour low of $29,763 before bouncing back above $30,000. (CoinDesk)