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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Markets

Blockchain-Based Polymarket Eyes U.S. Comeback by November: BBG

Polymarket previously announced it would launch a token and had acquired a CFTC-registered entity.

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Markets

Chainlink Underpins Balcony's $240B Real Estate Tokenization Platform

Balcony will use Chainlink’s Runtime Environment (CRE) to bring over $240 billion worth of government-sourced property data onchain.

Chainlink (LINK) price (CoinDesk Data)

Finance

Western Union to Launch Stablecoin on Solana With Anchorage Digital

The U.S. dollar-pegged token is expected to become available in the first half of 2026.

Western Union (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Finance

TeraWulf Stock Surges 22% After $9.5B Google-Backed AI Compute Deal With Fluidstack

The bitcoin miner turned AI infrastructure firm will co-develop a 168 MW data center in Texas, with long-term revenue locked in.

Data center servers

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Markets

Galaxy Digital Slips 7% on $1.15B Exchangeable Debt Raise

The company is selling $1.15 billion in exchangeable notes in a private offering.

Galaxy Share Price (TradingView)

Markets

Trump Media Taps Crypto.com to Launch Prediction Markets on Truth Social

Truth Predict will let users bet on elections, Fed moves and more via a CFTC-registered exchange, making Truth Social the first social platform with native prediction markets.

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Markets

Bitcoin Treasury Firm Strive Adds 72 BTC to Treasury After Warrant Exercises

Shares are down 13.5% early Tuesday after doubling the previous two sessions.

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Markets

Cathie Wood's Ark Invest Adds $30.9M of Shares in Jack Dorsey's Block

The buys were made across three Ark's ETFs.

Ark Invest's Cathie Wood (CoinDesk)

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Finance

Tokenization Firm Securitize Aims for Public Listing Via SPAC Deal at $1.25B Valuation

Existing investors like ARK Invest and BlackRock will maintain their stakes, with additional investment from a $225 million PIPE financing round.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo (Securitize)

Finance

Japan's $2T Payment Provider TIS Rolls Out Multi-Token Platform With Avalanche

The payments firm's platform, developed with AvaCloud, aims to help banks, corporates issue and settle stablecoins and tokenized assets.

Aerial view of Tokyo (Jaison Lin/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)