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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BlackRock continues its aggressive push into crypto with seven new global job openings

The $10 trillion asset manager is staffing up to scale digital asset ETFs, pursue tokenization and identify "first-mover big bets" in Asia.

The BlackRock company logo is seen outside of its NYC headquarters. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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Bitcoin plunges below $86,000 as crypto weakness worsens

The curse of the U.S. trading session — in which bitcoin tends to fall as American stocks trade — has hit yet again.

Bitcoin (BTC) price (CoinDesk)

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Barclays Sees ‘Down-Year’ for Crypto in 2026 Without Big Catalysts

Spot trading volumes are cooling, and investor enthusiasm is fading amid a lack of structural growth drivers, analysts wrote in a new report.

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NFT Project Pudgy Penguins Takes Over Las Vegas Sphere in Holiday Campaign

The NFT brand’s animated segments will air on the Sphere across Christmas week, signaling the crypto company's move into real-world consumer markets.

Pudgy Penguins NFT are on a holiday rally. (Screenshot)

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Bitcoin Plunges Below $90K as AI Worries Drag Nasdaq, Crypto Stocks Down

Chipmaker Broadcom's 10% slide weighs on the market as Chicago Fed's Goolsbee signals more cuts than the median for 2026.

Bitcoin (BTC) price (CoinDeesk)

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Robinhood Stock Slides 8% After Big Decline in November Trading Volumes

Slumps across equity, options and crypto trading in November raised concerns that retail investor momentum may be fading.

Robinhood logo on a screen

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Bitcoin Stumbles Back Below $90K as Dollar Sinks to 7-Week Low After Fed Rate Cut

The U.S. dollar, along with precious metals and bond yields, is reacting as expected to easier financial conditions, but crypto remains in a bearish trend.

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Most Influential: Shayne Coplan

Once mired in legal trouble that included federal probes and law enforcement raids, Polymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan has emerged victorious this year, casting off the yoke of regulatory scrutiny and growing the prediction market he founded into a $9 billion betting empire.

Shayne Coplan Polymarket

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State Street and Galaxy to Launch Tokenized Liquidity Fund on Solana in 2026

The fund will run on Solana at launch and use PYUSD.

State Street building in London (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Swings Wildly as Fed's Powell Straddles Labor Market and Inflation Issues

"Powell is threading the needle between their two mandates," said one analyst.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on Dec. 10 (CoinDesk)