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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Finance

Coinbase Soars After Reaching Cboe Surveillance Sharing Agreement for 5 Bitcoin ETF Applications

The shares of the crypto exchange climbed as much as 16% on Tuesday.

Coinbase (COIN) reports fourth quarter earnings on Thursday and is expected to post strong numbers as trading volume picked up in the last few months of the year. (Piggybank/Unsplash)

Finance

BlackRock CEO’s Turnabout on Bitcoin Elicits Cheers, Skepticism of Crypto Cred

Larry Fink, CEO of the world’s biggest asset manager, says crypto could “revolutionize finance,” endorsing an industry he once viewed with skepticism. But the very nature of an ETF is at odds with the original ideals of Bitcoin.

Larry Fink on Fox News (Fox Business)

Finance

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Says Bitcoin Could ‘Revolutionize Finance’

The asset management giant in mid-June filed paperwork with the SEC for a spot bitcoin ETF.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink

Finance

Valkyrie Refiles for Spot Bitcoin ETF With Coinbase as Surveillance Partner

The asset manager first filed for a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund in January 2021.

Canary Capital founder and CEO Steve McClurg (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

CME Group Announces Plans to Launch ETH to BTC Ratio Futures

The futures will be cash-settled, the derivatives exchange said.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Center (Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)

Finance

Fidelity Refiles for Spot Bitcoin ETF

The refiling for the asset manager's previously-rejected fund comes about two weeks after BlackRock applied for its own spot bitcoin ETF.

Fidelity Investments sign (Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock)

Finance

Canadian ETF Issuer 3iQ to Work With Coinbase to Offer ETH Staking in Its Funds

Coinbase will provide the necessary infrastructure and serve as a custodian.

Toronto, Canada (Shutterstock)

Markets

ADA, SOL Underperform as Robinhood Gets Set to Delist Them Amid SEC Crackdown

The popular trading app will no longer support the trading of Cardano, Solana and Polygon after Tuesday.

Trading app Robinhood has added Solana, Pepe, Cardano and XRP to the list of cryptocurrencies available to trade on its platform. (Unsplash)

Finance

Fireblocks Adds Support for Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform and Alibaba Cloud

The crypto infrastructure provider has so far helped over 50 major financial institutions transition into the digital asset space.

Fireblocks sign at Miami airport during Bitcoin Miami conference 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Robo-Adviser Hedgehog Launches as App With Gemini as Custodian

Parent company Hedgehog Technologies raised $1.6 million in August 2021 to build the platform.

Close-up photo of a hedgehog in a field or garden.