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.

Helene Braun

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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)

Finance

BlackRock Mulling 10% Stake in Circle’s IPO, Joining ARK as Potential Buyer: Bloomberg

Circle filed for an initial public offering on Tuesday.

(BlackRock)

Markets

EToro Adds DOGE, XRP, SHIB and 9 Others in U.S. Crypto Push After Nasdaq Debut

The trading platform now offers 15 tokens in the U.S., expanding access as it settles into life as a public company.

EToro (CoinDesk Archives)

Tech

Square Pilots Real-Time Bitcoin Payments in Vegas, Plans Full Availability to Customers in 2026

The feature would still need regulatory approval in order to be made available to all customers.

Apple Pay image via Wikimedia Commons

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Markets

SharpLink Gaming Soars 400% as Joseph Lubin's Consensys Leads $425M Funding for ETH Treasury Strategy

The Ethereum co-founder will also be joining the SharpLink board as its chairman.

Joseph Lubin, a co-founder of Ethereum and the CEO of ConsenSys, speaks at SXSW 2019.

Markets

Memecoin Moo Deng, MEW Surges After Robinhood Listing

Both tokens jumped on the news, adding to their already large gains this month.

Moo Deng (Youtube screenshot)

Markets

Kraken to List Tokenized Version of Nvidia, Apple, Tesla Shares

The tokens will be deployed on Solana and backed by real securities held by Kraken’s partner, Backed Finance.

Kraken's homepage on a laptop (Piggy Bank/Unsplash)

Markets

First U.S. XRP Futures ETF Begins Trading on Nasdaq

The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in XRP futures contracts and shares of other XRP-linked exchange-traded products.

Four of the spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds were among the top 20 U.S. ETF launches of all time. (Ivelin Radkov/Getty images)

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Policy

Stablecoins Are About to Hit ‘Critical Mass’ While 2027 Seen as Pivotal Year

At Paxos' NYC event, speakers across four panels agreed that stablecoins are reshaping global finance — with regulation and infrastructure fast catching up.

Panelists at the Paxos Global Dollar Network event in New York City on May 21, 2025. (Global Dollar Network)

Markets

Bitcoin Overtakes Amazon as the Fifth Largest Asset, Hitting $2.16T Market Cap

Bitcoin rose to a new high of $109,400 on Wednesday before consolidating marginally lower.

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