Helene is a New York-based reporter covering Wall Street, the rise of the spot bitcoin ETFs and crypto exchanges. She is also the co-host of CoinDesk's Markets Daily show. Helene 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.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is close to naming hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, a cryptocurrency enthusiast, as his pick for Treasury Secretary,
If the Senate confirms him, the next person whose signature adorns U.S. paper currency will be a fan of the digital currency ecosystem set up to replace the conventional financial system.Bessent runs Key Square Group, a macro investing firm. He worked for prominent investor George Soros three decades ago and was, according to,"one of the driving forces" behind Soros Fund Management's famous bet — that netted a more than $1 billion profit — that the British pound would collapse.
"I have been excited about embrace of crypto and I think it fits very well with the Republican Party, the ethos of it. Crypto is about freedom and the crypto economy is here to stay," he said in anPolymarket traders had bet that he was a frontrunner. At one point, Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick was viewed as one, too, but he was. Lutnick has also dabbled in digital assets, helping stablecoin issuer Tether manage the giant stockpile of U.S.
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