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

DTCC moves tokenized securities into live trading, marking a milestone for Wall Street's blockchain push

DTCC's first live production trades using tokenized securities show how blockchain could reshape the infrastructure behind Wall Street.

Frank La Salla, President and CEO of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) speaking at Consensus 2026 in Miami (CoinDesk)

Markets

BlackRock's crypto assets fall 39% despite $15 billion of net inflows

BlackRock's digital asset funds attracted $15 billion in net inflows over the past year, but falling crypto prices drove the value of those holdings sharply lower.

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Tech

Live updates: Bitcoin rises near $65,000 as markets get more good inflation news

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs took in about $181 million on Tuesday, a day after shedding roughly $425 million, per SoSoValue data. Ether ETFs added about $58 million.

Crypto 24-hour performance heatmap. (TradingView)

Policy

U.S., UK move to align rules for tokenized finance across world's largest financial markets

The joint roadmap aims to reduce regulatory friction for tokenized assets while strengthening ties between the world's two largest financial centers.

U.S. Department of the Treasury headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Live updates: Bitcoin rises past $64,000 after soft inflation data, Warsh testimony

Trump reinstated the Hormuz blockade, sending oil higher, reversing the peace trade that helped bitcoin recover in early July.

Kevin Warsh (Getty Images)

Markets

Tom Lee's BitMine ether holdings rise to 5.77 million tokens, or 4.8% of total supply

The company expanded its ETH treasury while Chairman Tom Lee pointed to Robinhood Chain's rapid growth on Ethereum.

Tom Lee Consensus Hong Kong 2026

Markets

Live markets: Bitcoin, stocks, bonds sharply lower as Fed's Waller signals near-term rate hike

The liquidations were minor, running at about a sixth of what the market saw at its worst over the past 30 days, per CoinGlass.

pen rests on paper showing sketched graph going lower.

Tech

Live updates: Bitcoin rises to $64,000 as SK Hynix opens for trade after $26.5 billion IPO

Spot bitcoin funds lost about $95 million on Thursday and ether funds roughly $52 million, ending the one bright spot in crypto's institutional flows even as prices rallied.

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Finance

Grayscale's CFO exits after 7 years with crypto asset manager

Edward McGee stepped down after seven years, months after distribution chief John Hoffman left for Ondo Finance.

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Markets

AI contracts, not bitcoin, now drive miner valuations, and Cipher and TeraWulf look cheap, says analyst

Compass Point analysts Michael Donovan and Ed Engel said markets are giving little credit to future AI data center pipelines despite billions of dollars in signed leases.

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