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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Canadian rapper Drake on Tuesday shared a clip of Michael Saylor’s interview on CNBC on his Instagram account, reaching over 146 million followers. (Charito Yap/Flickr)
Rapper Drake Posts Michael Saylor's Bitcoin Video to His 146M Instagram Followers
Michael Saylor said that bitcoin will “eat gold” in an interview with CNBC on Monday.
Canadian rapper Drake on Tuesday shared a clip of Michael Saylor’s interview on CNBC on his Instagram account, reaching over 146 million followers. (Charito Yap/Flickr)
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VanEck Temporarily Cuts Bitcoin ETF Fee to Zero After Lagging in Assets
HODL, VanEck’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), has so far attracted a little over $305 million in assets, which is far below most of its competitors.
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MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said bitcoin will be a much more valuable asset than gold in the future. (Photo by Marco Bello/Getty Images)
'Bitcoin Is Going to Eat Gold': MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor
MicroStrategy is the owner of 205,000 bitcoin worth nearly $15 billion at the current per token price of $72,000.
MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said bitcoin will be a much more valuable asset than gold in the future. (Photo by Marco Bello/Getty Images)
BlackRock's IBIT has accumulated more bitcoin than MicroStrategy. (CoinDesk)
BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Nears 200K BTC, Passing Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy
The asset manager's spot fund added just shy of 5,000 bitcoins Friday, bringing total holdings to 195,985 tokens.
BlackRock's IBIT has accumulated more bitcoin than MicroStrategy. (CoinDesk)
The launch of the spot bitcoin ETFs accelerated bitcoin's new all-time high, experts say. (Marco Verch/ccnull)
Bitcoin Record High Would’ve Happened Without ETFs, Just Later, Say Experts
The world's largest crypto has risen about 60% in just the two months since the opening of the spot bitcoin ETFs.
The launch of the spot bitcoin ETFs accelerated bitcoin's new all-time high, experts say. (Marco Verch/ccnull)
Markets Daily Wide
Crypto Update | BTC Sell-Off 'Clears the Air For Bitcoin to Go Higher,' Says Juan Leon
The latest price moves and insights with Helene Braun and guest Juan Leon, crypto research analyst at Bitwise.
Markets Daily Wide
VanEck Europe sees its crypto business become equally as important as its other ventures in the future, the Amsterdam-based division of VanEck told CoinDesk in an interview. (Flickr/moonjazz)
Bitcoin ETF Issuer VanEck Has Huge Crypto Growth Goals in Europe
Martijn Rozemuller, the CEO of VanEck Europe, sees crypto eventually matching its other product lines in terms of assets under management.
VanEck Europe sees its crypto business become equally as important as its other ventures in the future, the Amsterdam-based division of VanEck told CoinDesk in an interview. (Flickr/moonjazz)
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BlackRock's Spot Bitcoin ETF Starts Trading in Brazil
The asset manager's geographic expansion of the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) follows its successful introduction in the U.S. in January.
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Bank of America, Wells Fargo to Offer Spot Bitcoin ETFs to Clients: Bloomberg
CoinDesk reported on Wednesday that another Wall Street giant, Morgan Stanley, might soon offer its clients exposure to the new products as well.
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Bitcoin ETF Buying Led by Retail, Hedge Funds, FAs; Larger Players Still to Come: Bitwise CIO
The large U.S. wirehouses have yet to offer the newish funds to their clients, Matt Hougan told CNBC.
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