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

Coinbase Q2 Earnings Preview: Wall Street Split on Trading Slump vs. Services Growth

Analysts forecast weak second quarter trading volumes for Coinbase but diverge on the stock outlook amid regulatory momentum.

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Markets

SEC Approves In-Kind Redemptions for All Spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs

The decision allows authorized participants to create and redeem ETF shares directly in BTC or ETH, rather than having to use cash.

U.S. SEC headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

DOGE, SOL and XRP Lead Altcoin Losses as Rate Jitters and Leverage Unwind Hit Crypto

Heavy declines across altcoins extended into a second week, while bitcoin and ether showed relative strength amid growing macro uncertainty.

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Markets

Robinhood Price Target Doubled by JPMorgan on Crypto and Tokenization Bets

Robinhood’s crypto expansion and introduction of EU tokenized equities spur a long-term valuation boost, analysts said.

Robinhood logo on a mobile phone. (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

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SUI Token Drops Nearly 6% After Brief Spike as Stronger U.S. Dollar Pressures Crypto Market

SUI reversed gains from an overnight rally amid a broader crypto sell-off and rising U.S. Dollar Index.

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Policy

SEC Delays Decision on Trump-Linked Truth Social Bitcoin ETF Until September

Other crypto ETF applications, including the Grayscale Solana Trust and Canary Capital Litecoin ETF, were also postponed.

U.S. SEC headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Ethereum ETFs Pull In $8.7B in First Year After Almost $5B Rush in Past Two Weeks

BlackRock’s spot Ethereum ETF has reached $10 billion in assets, as the broader ETH fund group saw 14 straight days of inflows.

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Markets

Elon Musk’s xAI Partners With Kalshi to Bring Grok to Prediction Markets

The partnership aims to use Grok’s AI to analyze real-world events for Kalshi’s regulated prediction markets.

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Markets

SUI Rebounds After Overnight Sell-Off Amid ETF Momentum

The token rebounded to $3.78 following a heavy overnight dip, as two spot ETF filings hint at rising institutional interest.

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Markets

Tesla’s Bitcoin Holdings Now Worth $1.2B After 30% BTC Price Rally in Q2

A new accounting rule this year lets companies mark crypto assets to market, benefiting Tesla’s balance sheet.

Tesla Gigafactory, Nevada