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

Trump’s Team ‘Knows Nothing’ About Apparent ‘$TRUMP Wallet’ Launch

A representative for the Trump Organization distanced the group from a new crypto app branded with the former president’s name.

President Donald Trump sits at his desk in the Oval Office. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Markets

SUI Surges 5% Before Erasing Gains Amid Crypto Volatility

The native token of the layer-1 blockchain platform broke key resistance on increased trading volume and bullish momentum, but erased some of its gains later.

SUI exhibited a notable 5.2% volatility range ($0.17) over the 24-hour period.

Markets

Japan Drives Cardano Trading Surge as Price Battles $0.70 Resistance

Cardano's native token faces critical technical test amid global economic tensions and regulatory uncertainty.

ADA

Finance

Meta Shareholders Overwhelmingly Reject Proposal to Consider Bitcoin Treasury Strategy

The company has $72 billion in cash on its balance sheet, but barely any of the 5 billion shares that voted were in favor of adding bitcoin.

Mark Zuckerberg

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Markets

Circle Eyes $7.2B Valuation in Upsized U.S. IPO Amid Strong Investor Demand

Circle raises its IPO share count and price range as strong investor demand fuels interest.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

SharpLink Shares Sink 30% After Last Week's 2,000% Surge

The company Monday morning announced the closing of its $450 million capital raise with which it intends to but ETH for its treasury.

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Markets

TON Plunges 6% Before Staging Recovery Amid Global Tensions

The token found critical support in the $3.22-$3.24 range.

24 hour price chart TON-USD (CoinDesk data)

Markets

GameStop Slides Another 6% as Investors Sell the Bitcoin Buy News

The video game retailer on Wednesday morning announced the acquisition of 4,710 bitcoin.

(Dimitris Chapsoulas/Unsplash)

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Markets

Peter Schiff Calls Bitcoin a 'Giant Cult,' Doubles Down on Gold

Appearing at the Bitcoin 2025 conference, the famed gold bug and no-coiner called bitcoin is a “memecoin” and not real wealth, drawing laughs — and ire.

Peter Schiff

Markets

Nvidia's Earnings Beat May Help AI-Linked Tokens

The company reported a 69% increase in revenue in the first quarter compared to a year ago.

Nvidia (CoinDesk Archives)