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 to Add Daily Expirations on Bitcoin and Ether Futures Options Contracts
Contracts on micro-sized BTC and ETH futures will also have daily expirations, up from three times a week now.
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Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Blockchain Financial Services Firm Paxos Sets Withdrawal From Canada
The company joins others that have decided to depart from the country in the face of increased regulatory requirements.
Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
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Crypto Miner Core Scientific Appoints a New President
The company filed for bankruptcy in December but continues to mine bitcoin.
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Paxful CEO Ray Youssef (left) and COO Artur Schaback, in a September 2016 photo taken in Las Vegas, according to a tweet from the company. (Paxful)
Drugs, Erratic Dismissals and Feuding Founders: Behind Bitcoin Marketplace Paxful’s Unraveling
Founded in 2015, Paxful became one of the most popular places to buy bitcoin in Africa and other emerging markets, and it had more than 200 employees. Behind the scenes, thoug...
Paxful CEO Ray Youssef (left) and COO Artur Schaback, in a September 2016 photo taken in Las Vegas, according to a tweet from the company. (Paxful)
Tether's logo (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
Tether Was a Client of Signature Bank's Signet: Bloomberg
Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino, in response to the Bloomberg article, denied the company has exposure to Signature Bank.
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Ray Youssef, CEO and co-founder of Paxful (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)
Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin Exchange Paxful to Suspend Operations
A message from co-founder and CEO Ray Youssef cited key staff departures and regulatory challenges.
Ray Youssef, CEO and co-founder of Paxful (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)
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Coinbase to Offer Faster Transactions on Derivatives Exchange Through Partnership With Infrastructure Provider TNS
The new infrastructure will enable institutional traders to increase storage capacity and process large data sets with minimal delay.
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Crypto Exchange Bittrex to Wind Down U.S. Operations Next Month
The firm took note of an uncertain regulatory and economic environment in the U.S.
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Lucas Matheson, country director, Canada, at Coinbase (LinkedIn)
Coinbase Hires Ex-Shopify Exec to Oversee Canada Operations
The company confirmed plans to expand in Canada as that country tightens rules for cryptocurrency exchanges.
Lucas Matheson, country director, Canada, at Coinbase (LinkedIn)
Gemini's Tyler Winklevoss (L) and Cameron Winklevoss (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Crypto Exchange Gemini Looking to Launch Overseas Derivatives Operation: The Information
Binance’s legal troubles and the collapse of FTX may have left an opening for others to grab market share in the crypto derivatives business.
Gemini's Tyler Winklevoss (L) and Cameron Winklevoss (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)