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

BlackRock and Fidelity are quietly turning bitcoin ETFs into a two-firm market

BlackRock's IBIT and Fidelity's FBTC are attracting the vast majority of new bitcoin ETF money, leaving smaller funds increasingly sidelined as institutional investors consolidate around the industry's largest players.

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Finance

Mastercard prepares for a future where AI agents make payments

The company is working with Coinbase, Stripe and other companies to build trusted payment systems for AI-driven commerce.

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Markets

Live updates: bitcoin holding below $62,000 as nervous Nasdaq falls further ahead of SpaceX IPO

Core inflation rose less than feared in May, but markets have turned lower in afternoon trade.

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Tech

Live updates: Bitcoin narrows early losses, returns to $62,000 as Nasdaq bounces to close down 1%

Crypto prices rose on Monday following last week's crash, but the bears still appear to be in control.

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Finance

Influential research firm that caused AI stock meltdown lays out Hyperliquid as 'compelling' idea

Unlike most crypto, Hyperliquid actually generates cash flow and has a token buyback mechanism, says Citrini Research

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Finance

Live updates: Bitcoin tops $63,000 as Strategy adds $100 million BTC in latest purchase

Meanwhile, Strive bought 32 bitcoin, the same number Strategy dumped last week.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor standing. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk))

Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried officially asks Trump for a presidential pardon

The fallen crypto mogul serving a 25-year sentence filed a clemency petition, betting on Donald Trump's history of crypto pardons even though the president had told him not to count on one.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is seen arriving at court on Dec. 19, 2022 in Nassau, Bahamas. (MEGA/GC Images)

Finance

America’s largest banks are building a new digital currency network to stop a massive deposit drain

America’s biggest banks are launching tokenized deposits to compete with stablecoins, opening a new front in the race to become the dominant form of cash on blockchain networks.

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Tech

Live updates: bitcoin tumbles to $60,000 as blowout jobs data, Zcash bug keeps pressure on crypto

Zcash plummeted 40% after Shielded Labs revealed a major bug that went undetected for 4 years.

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Markets

Bitcoin bounces, HYPE falls, NEAR gets demolished as crypto deals with a wipe out

Amid the crypto price crash, a handful of tokens have been performing well, but they're tumbling now as Arthur Hayes exits.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor in 2021 (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)