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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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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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.

(Source: Grayscale)

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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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Live updates: Bitcoin rises to $63,000, oil and bond yields drop as markets look past latest Iran dustup

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs lost a net $84 million on Wednesday, ending a three-day inflow run that had pulled in roughly $509 million

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Crypto VC Paradigm launches $1.2 billion AI fund as it broadens beyond digital assets

The firm's latest fund backs AI and robotics startups but leadership says it remains committed to crypto investing.

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Live markets: Bitcoin drops to $62,000 as oil and bond yields surge on collapse of Iran ceasefire

Hedge funds have turned the most bearish on the yen since 2007, boosting bets on further losses to nearly 138,000 contracts as of June 30.

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Analysts see more upside for SpaceX as post-IPO research begins

Major brokerages initiated coverage on Tuesday with mostly buy ratings following the company's $75 billion June IPO.

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Vanguard opens search for digital assets leader in sign of evolving crypto strategy

The new role would oversee tokenization, stablecoins and blockchain initiatives as Vanguard reassesses digital assets.

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Live markets: Iran returns to the headlines, hitting markets

Bitcoin and ether ETFs drew fresh inflows Monday as the bid starts to return.

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Strategy selling hundreds of millions worth of bitcoin raises question about its capital-allocation playbook

First, it was a tiny amount of bitcoin sales; then, the purchase of several thousand BTC; and finally, today, the unloading of thousands of BTC. What's happening at Strategy?

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Nikhilesh De)