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

Wall Street’s big blockchain win: SEC gives WisdomTree the green light for instant, around-the-clock trading

The move adds momentum to the $10 billion large tokenized Treasury market led by BlackRock, Circle and others.

Jonathan Steinberg (left), CEO, WisdomTree, and Kevin Reynolds, editor-in-chief, CoinDesk (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase adds stock, ETF trading as it expands beyond crypto

The move pits Coinbase against Robinhood as it pushes to become an “everything exchange.”

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong speaking to House Speaker Mike Johnson on July 18, 2025. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin pops then drops as Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs

As has been typical in crypto markets of late, even the most modest move higher was met with immediate selling.

Donald Trump points at the audience during a press conference at the White House.

Finance

Goldman Sachs, Franklin Templeton, and Nicki Minaj: Inside Trump’s surreal Mar-a-Lago crypto summit

Crypto, real estate and politics collided at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club as insiders debated tokenization and regulation.

World Liberty Forum at Mar-a-Lago. (WLFI)

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Finance

Real estate billionaire Barry Sternlicht is ready to tokenize assets, but says U.S. regulation blocks it

The $125 billion real estate firm wants to offer blockchain-based tokens to clients but is stalled by regulation.

(Craig Barritt/Getty Images)

Policy

Banking trade groups responsible for impasse on market structure bill, Brian Armstrong says

Coinbase CEO Brain Armstrong said updated market structure legislation may offer banks other benefits to get them on board with allowing stablecoin rewards.

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Finance

Financial giant that services $3.5 trillion assets will pilot Trump-affiliated WLFI stablecoin for tokenized funds

The financial giant Apex Group, which provides services for $3.5 trillion assets, has teamed up with World Liberty Financial to test the USD1 stablecoin for fund flows and tokenized assets.

World Liberty Financial leadership team (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

What happens on prediction platforms can steer traditional markets, NYSE chief says

Prediction market outcomes are being used as inputs for how players deal with traditional financial markets, NYSE President Lynn Martin said at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday.

CFTC Chair Mike Selig (left) and NYSE President Lynn Martin speaking on stage at the World Liberty forum. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

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Markets

Goldman Sachs' David Solomon says he owns 'very little' bitcoin but watching it closely

“I’m an observer of bitcoin,” Solomon said at the World Liberty Forum on Wednesday, saying he's still trying to understand how it moves.

Goldman Sachs CEO David Soloman (CoinDesk)

Finance

NYSE President says exchange felt ‘responsibility’ to enter tokenization space

The exchange is expected to launch 24/7 trading of tokenized assets later this year.

NYSE President Lynn Martin (Jemal Countess/Getty Images)