Stephen Alpher

Stephen is CoinDesk's managing editor for Markets. He previously served as managing editor at Seeking Alpha. A native of suburban Washington, D.C., Stephen went to the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, majoring in finance. He holds BTC above CoinDesk’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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Finance

French Banking Giant BPCE to Roll Out Crypto Trading for 2M Retail Clients

The service will allow customers to buy and sell BTC, ETH, SOL, and USDC through a separate digital asset account managed by Hexarq.

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Finance

Two Casascius Coins Holding 2K BTC Moved After 13 Years of Inactivity

The Casascius coins were designed as offline cold storage with embedded private keys, but the project was shut down in 2013 due to regulatory pressure from FinCEN.

CoinDesk

Markets

Coinbase Sees Crypto Recovery Ahead as Liquidity Improves and Fed Rate Cut Odds Climb

The crypto exchange also took note of a so-called AI bubble that continues to go strong and a weaker U.S. dollar.

Coinbase

Markets

Anthony Pompliano's Bitcoin Treasury Firm ProCap BTC Closes SPAC Merger Deal

Shares in the company fell more than 50% this week as the merger approval went forward.

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Policy

European Crypto Scam Network Dismantled After Laundering $815M

Authorities across Europe took down a massive crypto fraud and laundering network tied to fake investment platforms, deepfake ads and call-center operations.

16:9 Fraud, scam (brandwayart/Pixabay)

Markets

Strategy Stock Still a Buy at Cantor After Plunge Forces Major Price Target Cut

Lower adjusted net asset value multiple means Strategy can no longer issue equity at a premium, threatening its long-term plan to accumulate more bitcoin, analyst Brett Knoblauch wrote.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Danny Nelson, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Sector Lit Up Bright Red as Bitcoin Slips Back to $90K

Softer than expected private inflation data did spark some hope that the Friday decline could reverse.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on Dec. 5 (CoinDesk)

Markets

STRF Emerges as Strategy’s Standout Credit Instrument After Nine Months of Trading

The company's senior preferred stock has rebounded 20% from November lows, with investors apparently favoring that over the more junior issues.

STRF/STRD (TradingView)

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Markets

Aptos Drops 6% to $1.85 as Technical Breakdown Accelerates

The token broke through key support levels and underperformed wider crypto markets.

"Aptos Price Drops 1.90% to $1.85 Amid Technical Breakdown and Institutional Selling"

Markets

JPMorgan Maintains Bitcoin's Gold-Linked Target at $170K Despite Recent Drop

The bank’s volatility-adjusted bitcoin-to-gold model still points to a theoretical price around $170K over the next six to twelve months.

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