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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Consensys Cuts 20% Workforce, Blames SEC’s ‘Abuse Of Power’

The main supporter of the Ethereum network has been in an ongoing battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission who most recently alleged the company of operating as an unregistered broker.

Joe Lubin, founder and CEO of Consensys, discusses Ethereum's political prospects. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk/Suzanne Cordiero)

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Emory University Joins Bitcoin ETF Rush, Reporting $16M Holding in Grayscale Vehicle

The endowment also reported a modest holding in crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN).

Main quadrangle on Emory University's Druid Hills campus (Wikipedia)

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Microsoft Urges Shareholders to Vote Against a Proposal to Assess Bitcoin as a Diversification Investment: Filing

The proposal from the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank, argues that bitcoin is an “excellent, if not the best, hedge against inflation.”

Microsoft Offices, Mountain View, Ca. (Getty/David Pu'u)

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Bitcoin ETFs Will Soon Hold 1M Tokens, Nearly as Much as Satoshi

The U.S.-based spot funds currently hold about 396,922 bitcoin altogether, with BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust soon to cross 400,000 in BTC holdings.

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs could soon hold more bitcoin than the founder of the token, Satoshi Nakamoto. (Unsplash)

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Crypto ETFs Look Unlikely to Expand Beyond Bitcoin, Ether Under Kamala Harris, Experts Say

Several prospective issuers have filed to launch exchange-traded funds tracking smaller coins like Ripple's XRP or Solana (SOL), but the trajectory of those applications may lie with American voters.

More crypto ETFs, including current applications for an XRP or solana ETF, might not ever be approved if Kamala Harris beats Donald Trump in the presidential election, two ETF experts said. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

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MicroStrategy's 'Nav Premium' Shouldn't be Feared, Says Benchmark, Raising Price Target to $245

The company's use of "intelligent leverage" differentiates its stock from other means of gaining exposure to bitcoin, argued analyst Mark Palmer.

Michael Saylor at Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee

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History Suggests Crypto’s Bullish Momentum Should Continue Into the U.S. Election and Afterwards

Bitcoin could move 10% in either direction on the outcome of the U.S. election, according to one analysis.

Bitcoin bulls are out ((Unsplash/Peter Lloyd)

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Grayscale Looks to Turn Multi-Token Fund Into ETF

The fund tracks the CoinDesk Large Cap Select Index which measures the market cap-weighted performance of bitcoin, ether, solana, XRP, and avalanche.

Grayscale ad (Grayscale)

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Is Elon Musk Selling Bitcoin? Tesla Transfers All $760M of Its BTC to Unknown Wallets.

On-chain data shows wallets associated with Elon Musk's electric car company have been emptied.

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Ex-Valkyrie Founder’s Canary Capital Group Files for First Litecoin ETF

The filing comes seven days after the one-month-old firm submitted paperwork for an XRP ETF.

Canary Capital Group, a new digital asset-focused investment firm, has plans to launch an exchange-traded fund tied to Litecoin. (Litecoin Foundation)