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

Ethereum Foundation finalizes sale of 10,000 ether to BitMine as part of its treasury strategy

The latest transaction follows a similar March deal in which the foundation sold 5,000 ETH to BitMine, raising roughly $10.2 million.

Tom Lee Consensus Hong Kong 2026

Markets

Canadian pension giant AIMCo buys the dip in Strategy, now sitting on $69 million unrealized gain

AIMCo returns to Michael Saylor's bitcoin treasury company years after exiting, now sitting on a sizable unrealized gain.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor on CoinDesk Television

Finance

MARA Holdings to buy Long Ridge Energy in $1.5 billion AI data center push

The deal includes a 505 MW gas plant and 1,600 acres in Ohio, offering over 1 GW power capacity for future AI and IT buildout.

Data center (Taylor Vick/Unsplash)

Markets

Jack Mallers' Twenty One Capital surges after majority holder Tether proposes 3-way merger

Tether has moved to combine bitcoin treasury, mining, and financial services under one roof.

Jack Mallers (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Markets

Eric Trump says bitcoin in its 'greatest period ever' as Wall Street falls in line

Speaking at Bitcoin Las Vegas 2026, the American Bitcoin co-founder declared the last six months a turning point.

Eric Trump speaks at Consensus 2025 in Toronto (CoinDesk)

Markets

Fed leaves rates unchanged at Jerome Powell's final meeting as chairman

The U.S. Federal Reserve's next meeting in June is likely to be led by Kevin Warsh after he cleared a Senate Banking Committee vote on Wednesday.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference

Markets

Robinhood, Coinbase lead crypto stock rout as Trump rejects Iran plan

President Trump reportedly rejected Iran's offer to end the U.S. blockade and open the Strait of Hormuz, sending crude oil prices surging 6%.

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Finance

DeFi shaken by $292 million hack, but showing resilience, Standard Chartered says

The AAVE-led response and new safeguards underscore the sector's maturity as the bank maintains its $2 trillion RWA outlook.

Hacker facing screens with lines of code (Boitumelo/Unsplash)

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Finance

Galaxy leads $20 million investment in Fence to overhaul back end of $6 trillion credit market

Startup Fence uses blockchain technology and tokenization in the background to automate processes that many asset managers still rely on manual workflows.

Fence co-founders Juan Montero (left) and Ignacio Rosario (Fence)

Markets

Paul Tudor Jones calls bitcoin the 'best inflation hedge,' warns of overvalued stocks

It will be "really hard to make money" in stocks over the next decade, said the billionaire investor, noting that the S&P 500's valuation reminds him of the 2000 dot-com bubble.

Paul Tudor Jones (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)