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

MakerDAO’s Christensen Turns Optimistic After US Stablecoin Report

The founder of the crypto lender and stablecoin issuer had feared the worst about potential regulation.

MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen on CoinDesk TV

Finance

Tether’s USDT to Launch on Avalanche

The company behind the stablecoin also said that through an integration with Bitfinex, investors would have fast access to the token on the crypto exchange at low cost.

Tether

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Outperforms as Traders Prepare for Next Leg Higher

Bitcoin is up about 5% over the past week, compared with a 3% rise in ether over the same period.

Bitcoin market dominance ratio (Damanick Dantes/CoinDesk, TradingView)

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rises as Central Banks Maintain Low Rates

The cryptocurrency is rising along with stocks, although some analysts expect the rally could fade next year.

For now, era of low rates benefit risk assets (Shutterstock)

Markets

Crypto Fund Inflows YTD Significantly Higher Than Last Year

Total assets under management have also reached an all-time high of $80 billion.

Weekly Crypto Asset Flows

Finance

‘Too Much’ Innovation Is Dangerous With Stablecoins: OCC Chief Hsu

“There is some risk that folks who are least able to bear it lose their money,” the acting comptroller of the currency warned on CoinDesk TV Monday.

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu on CoinDesk TV.

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Could Break Out and Rise With Altcoins Next Week

Analysts expect a bullish November for cryptocurrencies.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Holds Above $60K After Fed Taper Announcement

Analysts see further upside despite lower trading volume.

Bitcoin price chart (CoinDesk, TradingView)

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rangebound as Traders Expect Strong November

Some analysts expect a slight pullback ahead of a seasonally strong period for crypto prices.

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Finance

Crypto Fund Inflows Slow After Record Jolt From Bitcoin Futures ETF

The majority of inflows were bitcoin-related, with a total of $269 million pumped into investment funds focused on the original cryptocurrency.

Chart of weekly flows of investor money into crypto funds shows a big uptick last week.