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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Политика

Federal Judge Threatens Ryan Salame With Sanctions After Former FTX Exec Says He Lied About Plea Deal Last Year

Ryan Salame pled guilty to campaign finance violations in September but argued Thursday that prosecutors had promised him that they would cease any criminal investigations into Michelle Bond as part of his plea deal.

Ryan Salame leaving a New York courthouse on Sept. 7, 2023. (Sam Kessler/CoinDesk)

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WeWork Founder's Climate Firm Refunds Crypto Token Holders After Failed Launch: Forbes

Flowcarbon, which raised $70 million from investors like Andreessen Horowitz, aims to tokenize carbon credits, but the token never launched.

The climate venture from WeWork's Adam Neumann didn't pan out. (Michael Kovac/Getty Images for WeWork)

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Bitcoin ETFs Are Fine Despite Suffering Their Worst String of Outflows, Says Expert

Investors during late August and early September pulled roughly $1.2 billion out of the funds over eight consecutive days, the longest streak of exits so far.

Scrabble tiles spelling out "ETF GROWTH"

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Michael Saylor Says Republicans Have More 'Progressive’ View on Crypto, Democrats ‘Drifting to the Middle’

MicroStrategy has purchased roughly $8.3 billion worth of bitcoin since August 2020.

MicroStrategy executive chairman and co-founder Michael Saylor. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Coinbase, Robinhood Upgraded by Barclays Analyst, Citing 'Matured' Business Models

Both stocks opened the day higher after the British bank published its upgrade overnight.

Barclays has upgraded both Coinbase and Robinhood to equal weight from underweight, citing better business models. (Pcruciatti/Shutterstock)

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Kamala Harris Is Not Directly Accepting Crypto Donations, a PAC Is, Coinbase Says

A spokesperson for Coinbase said the Future Forward PAC, which is dedicated to supporting Kamala Harris, is accepting crypto donations, rather than her campaign directly.

A PAC supporting Kamala Harris' presidential campaign is accepting crypto donations via Coinbase. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

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Binance Hires UK-Based Accounting Firm Grant Thornton to Advise on Audits

The crypto exchange was previously dropped by auditing firm Mazars which had been helping the firm with a proof-of-reserves report.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)