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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Tech

Nvidia Moves AI Supercomputer Production to U.S., Opening New Avenues for Crypto Miners

Nvidia will build Blackwell chips in Arizona and AI supercomputers in Texas to meet surging AI demand.

Nvidia chip (Shutterstock)

Markets

U.S. Consumer Sentiment Craters in First Post-Tariff Read, but Crypto Is Holding Up

Gold soared to a new record high as the selloff in the U.S. dollar and long-term Treasuries continued in force on Friday.

Edvard Munch's "The Scream." (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

BlackRock Bitcoin and Ether ETF Inflows Declined 83% in Q1 to $3B

Total digital asset AUM rose to more than $50 billion, a large number but a relatively minor proportion of BlackRock's more than $10 trillion under management.

The BlackRock company logo is seen outside of its NYC headquarters. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Tumbles Below $80K Alongside 5% Plunge in Nasdaq as China Tariff Tiff Escalates

Amid the carnage, gold continued to be well-bid, surging to another record high.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk)

Markets

Dogecoin ETF Race Joined by 21Shares

Grayscale and Bitwise have both previously filed regulatory paperwork for a spot ETF backed by DOGE.

Ophelia Snyder, Co-Founder, 21Shares, at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk, Austin, USA  (CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC Approves Trading of Ether ETF Options

The regulator had initially postponed a decision back in February but ETF analyst James Seyffart said the approval wasn’t a surprise.

Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Strategy's 25% Gain Leads as Crypto Stocks Soar on Trump Tariff Pause

The president earlier Wednesday announced a pause in his punitive reciprocal tariffs for all countries except China.

Crypto market breadth improves. (ArtTower/Pixabay)

Markets

Tokenized Funds' Rapid Growth Comes With Red Flags: Moody's

The credit agency highlighted concerns over operational fragility, blockchain vulnerabilities and patchy regulation.

(Shubham Dhage / Unsplash)

Markets

Cboe Set to Debut New Bitcoin Futures With FTSE Russell

The crypto arm of the Chicago Board of Options Exchange said that the launch comes at a pivotal moment as demand for crypto exposure grows.

The Cboe Global Markets Inc. building in Chicago (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Markets

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Says Further 20% Market Drop Is Possible

Fink, who spoke at the The Economic Club of New York on Monday, said that he still sees the current drawdown as a “buying opportunity.”

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink in New York in 2022 (Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images for The New York Times)