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

Crypto Investor Dan Tapiero Sees AI-Blockchain Crossover Fueling Next Big Wave

‘Blockchain is the money of AI,’ said the 50T founder, who’s betting 20% of his next fund on startups that don’t yet exist.

Dan Tapiero (Shutterstock/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Circle Q3 Profit Triples, Beating Estimates, on USDC Growth

The shares slid in anticipation of lower U.S. interest rates, which would reduce revenue from reserve assets held to back the second-largest stablecoin.

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Markets

Bitcoin Miners Must Own Power—or Die Trying Before Next Halving, MARA CEO Says

With block rewards set to plunge, only miners with energy control or AI pivots are likely to survive, Thiel argues.

MARA Holdings CEO Fred Thiel interview at Bitcoin conference in Miami (CoinDesk)

Finance

Ethereum Is ‘The Infrastructure’ for Wall Street, Says Former BlackRock Executive

Joseph Chalom is betting his next act on Ethereum, calling it the only chain institutions can trust to digitize finance.

Wall street signs, traffic light, New York City

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Markets

Bullish Upgraded to Buy by ClearStreet as Exchange Gains Market Share, Expands Into U.S.

Analyst Owen Lau cites Bullish’s global growth, new options platform and improving sentiment despite a lower price target.

Crypto exchange Bullish goes public on the New York Stock Exchange. (Aoyon Ashraf/Modified by CoinDesk))

Finance

SoFi Launches Crypto Trading, Citing ‘Bank-Level Confidence’ as Key Edge

The federally regulated lender said 60% of users prefer trading crypto with a licensed institution over exchanges, citing compliance as a trust driver.

SoFi (Shutterstock)

Markets

IREN Stock Could Soar Nearly 500% by 2028 on Microsoft AI Deal, Says Cantor

IREN has joined the ranks of large-scale "neocloud" providers, said analyst Brett Knoblach, adding credibility to the company’s ambitions to scale to $18.6 billion in annual revenue across its Texas and Canadian sites.

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Markets

Coinbase's New Platform Brings Back Digital Token Offerings

The first token offered will be next week and from Blockchain startup Monad.

Coinbase app on a mobile phone screen (appshunter.io/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

SUI Surges 7% to Break Key Resistance as Broader Market Slips

Low trading volume suggests ‘targeted accumulation’ by whales or institutional players as SUI defies the CD5 index.

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Markets

Polymarket’s Trading Volume May Be 25% Fake, Columbia Study Finds

Nearly 60% of weekly trades in December 2024 were flagged as likely wash trading, with coordinated networks of 43,000 wallets detected.

Trading screens at sunset (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay/Modified by CoinDesk)