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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Pioneiro nas Américas: Bitcoin recupera US$ 30 mil enquanto a 'adoção institucional' torna a Cripto mais parecida com ações

Os últimos movimentos nos Mercados de Cripto no contexto de 17 de maio de 2022.

(PM Images/Getty images)

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Big-Money Investors Who Boosted Bitcoin’s Price Might Now Crash It

Everyone celebrated the arrival of institutional investors to the bitcoin market, as their rising adoption helped send prices soaring. Now, with correlations to traditional markets at an all-time high, fingers are pointing over the market swoon.

Bitcoin and stocks have become bedfellows - for better or worse. (Mraz Center for the Performing Arts, via Creative Commons)

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'$DAI Will Die' Tweet Twisted Back on Terra's Kwon as UST Loses $1 Peg

Terra's UST briefly fell below $6.5 billion in market cap on Wednesday morning, allowing DAI to be the fourth-biggest stablecoin on the market for a time.

Do Kwon, a cofounder of Terraform Labs

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Inflation Rose to 8.3% in April, With Monthly Core CPI Doubling From March

Bitcoin dropped sharply after the release.

(Sharon McCutcheon/Unsplash)

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Past-Peak Inflation Might Be Misleading as Price Pressures Continue to Mount

As inflation peaks, bitcoin traders should be wary of reading too much into data.

Consumer Price Index, % Change Over 12 Months, including forecasted number for April 2022 CPI (Source: CoinDesk Research, Department of Labor Statistics, FactSet)

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Bitcoin Recovers to $32K After Dipping Below $30K to 10-Month Low

The last time the largest cryptocurrency by market cap traded under $30,000 was in July 2021.

Bitcoin hit a 24-hour low of $29,763 before bouncing back above $30,000. (CoinDesk)

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US Jobs Report Shows Gain of 428,000, Adding to Price Pressures

Friday's Labor Department report showed that employment growth stayed robust last month, at a level that should continue to worry the Federal Reserve about a too-tight jobs market.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 23: A 'Now hiring' sign is displayed at a FedEx location on June 23, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Nearly 650,000 retail workers gave notice in April, the biggest one-month worker exodus in the retail industry in more than 20 years, amid a strengthening job market.  (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Bitcoin Plunges Most in 2 Months Amid Stock Market Sell-off

Bitcoin dropped more than 7% on Thursday. The decline was in line with a broad fall in the prices of stocks and bonds.

The price of bitcoin (BTC) dropped 7% on Thursday to a two-month low. (Source: TradingView/CoinDesk)

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Fed Hikes Rate at Fastest Pace in 22 Years, Will Start Shrinking Balance Sheet

The central bank is taking a hawkish stance as inflation is running at its highest level in four decades.

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell at a press conference following the Fed's decision on May 4, 2022. (Source: Wall Street Journal)

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Fed Meeting Decision Looks Baked, But Outlook Is Far From Certain

The Federal Open Market Committee is holding its two-day, closed-door meeting starting today.

Federal Reserve building (Paul Brady Photography/Shutterstock)