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

Bitcoin Pulls Back to $106K After Record Monthly Close

Altcoins also posted losses Tuesday as profit-taking and weakness in tech stocks dragged crypto markets lower.

Bitcoin price chart (Messari)

Finance

Mastercard to Expand Crypto Team With Two Senior Hires to Drive Blockchain Initiatives

The payments giant is hiring two U.S.-based leaders to grow its crypto and blockchain business.

Raj Dhamodharan, Head of Crypto and Blockchain, Mastercard (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Circle Applies for National Trust Bank Charter

A federal trust charter would bring Circle under direct federal bank regulator oversight, aligning it with how traditional financial institutions are overseen.

(Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

Markets

First Solana ETF to Hit the Market This Week; SOL Price Jumps 5%

A spokesperson for Osprey confirmed that the fund would begin trading on Wednesday.

Solana's price action over the past

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Markets

Popular Financial Adviser Ric Edelman Says Investors Should Allocate Up to 40% of Wealth to Crypto

The case for crypto adoption is far stronger now than even a few months ago, argued Edelman.

(SimpleImages/Getty)

Finance

Trump-Linked DeFi Project World Liberty Teams With Re7 for USD1 Stablecoin Vault

The Re7 Capital partnership marks latest push to scale World Liberty's stablecoin ecosystem on BNB Chain.

Justin Sun of TRON and Zak Folkman of World Liberty Financial speak at Consensus Hong Kong 2025 by CoinDesk (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Markets

SUI Token Trades Flat Despite Signs of Strong ETF Momentum

The token traded roughly flat over the past 24 hours, even after Nasdaq submitted a 19b-4 document with the SEC on Tuesday, taking another step towards a spot SUI ETF in the U.S.

SUI gained about 2% over the past 24 hours before erasing gains later in the day as the broader crypto market was hit by macro-economic factors.

Markets

Paul Tudor Jones Says Bitcoin Should Be in Every Portfolio as U.S. Debt Mounts

The billionaire investor sees bitcoin, gold and stocks as keys to protecting wealth in an inflationary era.

Paul Tudor Jones in New York in 2018. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)

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Markets

Cardano's ADA Gains 3%, Buoyed by Inclusion in Nasdaq's Crypto Index

The $0.70 level is a key psychological support zone for ADA's price stability, CoinDesk Research's technical analysis shows.

ADA established a 8.8% trading range between $0.66 and $0.72 before facing a sharp 3.3% correction in recent hours.

Markets

Red-Hot Circle Already Has Two ETFs Devoted to It in the Works

Shares are up another 9% in volatile action on Monday, now having nearly quadrupled in price since the IPO late last week.

(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)