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.

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Finance

Robinhood Adds SOL, PEPE, ADA, XRP Following Trump Victory

Crypto-friendly Donald Trump’s win in the U.S. presidential race will likely result in a change in leadership at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Trading app Robinhood has added Solana, Pepe, Cardano and XRP to the list of cryptocurrencies available to trade on its platform. (Unsplash)

Finance

Revolut Expands Crypto Exchange Across EU After Successful Launch in UK

Tens of thousands of traders have been using the bank’s crypto exchange in the UK, a spokesperson said.

CoinDesk at CES 2023

Policy

Former Alameda Co-CEO Sam Trabucco Agrees to Forfeit $70M, Yacht, Apartments to FTX Creditors

Trabucco agreed to forfeit apartments worth $8.7 million and a 53-foot yacht as well as the rights to claims filed against FTX for about $70 million, a filing shows.

Former Alameda Research co-CEO, Sam Trabucco (Alameda Research)

Policy

Here's How Quickly Gary Gensler Could Lose His SEC Chair Gig Under Trump

With the crypto-friendly Donald Trump being elected president, industry leaders are now awaiting his first big move, which could be appointing a new chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, testifies during the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Bill Clark-Pool/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Crushing Altcoins Heading Into U.S. Election. Is There an Alt Rally Coming After?

Altcoins have lagged throughout the year amid regulatory uncertainty, and hence, K33 Research analysts said they are "more sensitive" to the election results.

BTC, SOL, ETH and CD20 price performance over the past week (CoinDesk Indices)

Finance

First UK Pension Fund Invests in Bitcoin

Moving bitcoin into pension schemes is “a bold step that reflects the forward-thinking nature of the trustees involved,” pension specialist Cartwright told Corporate Advisor magazine.

The first U.K.-based pension fund has allocated money into bitcoin. (Camomile Shumba/CoinDesk)

Finance

Michael Saylor Conjures Stock Market Magic With Giant Plan to Buy More Bitcoin

Normally, a $21 billion equity offering by a company only worth just over double that amount would tank the issuer's stock price. But the economics around corporate America's biggest bitcoin bull are different.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk/Danny Nelson)

Finance

Franklin Templeton Takes Its Tokenized Treasury Fund to Base, Becomes First Asset Manager on the Layer 2

The $410 million fund is also available on Stellar, Aptos, Avalanche, Arbitrum and Polygon.

Base booth at ETHDenver (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase Shares Slump After Big Q3 Earnings Miss on 'Softer' Market Condition

The exchange also said it will buyback up to $1 billion of its shares, depending on the market conditions.

Coinbase Asset Management is getting into tokenized money-market funds. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Finance

Coinbase, Visa to Allow Real-Time Crypto Deposits Through Debit Card

While millions of users are already using debit cards to connect to their Coinbase accounts, the Visa debit card holders offer near-instant transfers, which wasn’t possible before.

visa, credit cards