Helene Braun

Helene Braun

Helene is a New York-based news reporter at CoinDesk, covering news about Wall Street, the rise of the spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and updates on crypto exchanges. She is also the co-host of CoinDesk's Markets Daily show on Spotify and Youtube. Helene is a recent 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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CME Group Teaming With CF Benchmarks for 3 New DeFi Rates and Indices
Pricing will initially come from a group of six crypto exchanges.
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 30, 2022. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)
Fed Likely to Raise Rates by 50 Basis Points in December; Bitcoin Jumps
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that "it makes sense to moderate the pace of our rate hikes" as soon as December.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 30, 2022. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)
Crypto funds had the biggest week of outflows in three months. (CoinShares)
Buy the Dip, Sell the Bounce: Crypto Funds Have Biggest Outflows in 12 Weeks
Total asset under management (AUM) in digital-asset funds dropped to a new two-year low of $22.2 billion, according to CoinShares.
Crypto funds had the biggest week of outflows in three months. (CoinShares)
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Bitcoin Jumps Briefly After Fed Minutes Show Officials Favor Slower Rate Hikes
The majority of Federal Reserve officials thought slower rate hikes would be appropriate soon. It is still unclear how high the terminal rate will be.
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Saudia Arabia squad poses for team photo during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 (Heuler Andrey/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images)
Saudi Arabia’s NFT Collection Soars After Unexpected Soccer Win Against Argentina
Argentina's fan token, on the other hand, slid 21% following the team's loss on Monday.
Saudia Arabia squad poses for team photo during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 (Heuler Andrey/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images)
Short investment products accounted for 75% of all inflows last week. (CoinShares)
Investors Short Crypto Assets as Industry Scrutiny Intensifies
Short investment products accounted for 75% of total inflows into crypto assets last week, a report by digital asset investment and trading group CoinShares showed.
Short investment products accounted for 75% of all inflows last week. (CoinShares)
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Crypto Exchange Coinbase's Shares Sink to All-Time Low
The U.S. crypto exchange went public in April 2021 in a high-profile listing, but shares have lost nearly 90% of their value over the past year, with the FTX contagion causing...
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Wall Street Banks Seen as Unlikely Saviors as Crypto Firms Struggle
Blockchain true believers say the nascent industry represents an existential threat to traditional finance. But now's probably not the time for Wall Street to gobble up ailing...
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Bitcoin and most other digital assets declined on Wednesday after crypto financial firm Genesis Global Capital announced that it was temporarily suspending redemptions and new loan originations. (Source: CoinDesk)
Crypto Market Slides After Genesis Withdrawal Halt, but Big Investors May Hunt for Bargains
Most digital assets traded lower on Wednesday as another crypto firm gets hit by the FTX contagion, although institutional investors may be looking for bargains.
Bitcoin and most other digital assets declined on Wednesday after crypto financial firm Genesis Global Capital announced that it was temporarily suspending redemptions and new loan originations. (Source: CoinDesk)
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Are Your Bitcoin Trades Losing on Fed Day? Just Wait Till Tomorrow
BTC’s price has reversed direction on five of the six days following the Federal Reserve’s interest rate announcements.
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