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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Markets

Market Wrap: Cryptocurrency Sell-Off Stabilizes Amid US Tax Concerns

Bitcoin’s price declined about 5%, but later stabilized around $60K.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Analysts See Bitcoin as Still in ‘Bullish Phase,’ Despite Pullbacks

But it remains to be seen whether investors will continue to accumulate BTC in hopes of long-term gains.

(Jared Schwitzke/Unsplash)

Markets

Steady Interest in Bitcoin Keeps Money Flowing Into Crypto Funds

Investment products focused on the largest cryptocurrency gained $98 million, up from $95 million the week before.

Weekly Crypto Asset Flows (US$m) (CoinShares)

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Expected to Rise on Taproot Upgrade

Some analysts expect a price rise as the Bitcoin network receives the most significant upgrade since 2017.

Bitcoin rise (Shutterstock)

Finance

Miami to Give ‘Bitcoin Yield’ From MiamiCoin to Its Citizens

The city’s mayor, Francis Suarez, announced the news on CoinDesk TV on Thursday.

Miami Mayor Wants City to Be a 'Clean' Mining Hub for Crypto

Markets

Market Wrap: Higher Inflation Expected to Send Bitcoin and Gold Higher Into End of Year

Bitcoin hit an all-time high Wednesday before falling back.

The correlation between bitcoin and gold (Damanick Dantes/CoinDesk, Koyfin)

Finance

MakerDAO’s Christensen Turns Optimistic After US Stablecoin Report

The founder of the crypto lender and stablecoin issuer had feared the worst about potential regulation.

MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen on CoinDesk TV

Finance

Tether’s USDT to Launch on Avalanche

The company behind the stablecoin also said that through an integration with Bitfinex, investors would have fast access to the token on the crypto exchange at low cost.

Tether

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Outperforms as Traders Prepare for Next Leg Higher

Bitcoin is up about 5% over the past week, compared with a 3% rise in ether over the same period.

Bitcoin market dominance ratio (Damanick Dantes/CoinDesk, TradingView)

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rises as Central Banks Maintain Low Rates

The cryptocurrency is rising along with stocks, although some analysts expect the rally could fade next year.

For now, era of low rates benefit risk assets (Shutterstock)