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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Pananalapi

Grayscale Unveils Fund for SXT, Native Token of Microsoft-Backed Space and Time Blockchain

The Space and Time Foundations says the network is built to solve the "one critical need" around which AI and blockchain are converging: verifiable data

Grayscale's new ad campaign in New York's Penn Station. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Merkado

Bitcoin Busts Past $106K on Reported Iran/Israel Ceasefire

President Trump claimed a "complete and total" ceasefire between Iran and Israel to begin in several hours.

Handshake (Credit: Rock Staar, Unsplash)

Merkado

Circle Hits New Record With Market Cap Nearing That of Coinbase

Circle’s blistering rally reflects investor hunger for stablecoin exposure, but lofty valuation multiples are raising eyebrows.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Merkado

Cipher Mining Begins Bitcoin Production at 300 MW Black Pearl Data Center

The New York-based miner expects hashrate to hit 23 EH/s by Q3 after starting operations at its Black Pearl site.

ASIC miner (Credit: Shutterstock)

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Patakaran

Texas Ready for $10M Bitcoin Purchase After Governor Signs Bill for State Reserve

The Lone Star State appears as if it will be the first in the U.S. to hold bitcoin.

Austin

Merkado

Hedge Fund Veterans Plan $100M BNB Treasury Bet

The move comes amid a growing trend of corporations adopting bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as treasury reserve assets.

Binance logo on a smartphone (Vadim Artyukhin/Unsplash)

Merkado

Bitcoin Bounce Fails, Tumbling Below $100K as Iran Reportedly Prepares Retaliation Against U.S.

Axios reported the White House is expecting an Iranian attack against U.S. bases in the Gulf region.

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Merkado

HIVE Digital to Launch Canadian AI Data Hub With 7.2 MW Toronto Site Purchase

The site will host BUZZ HPC’s first liquid-cooled Tier 3 facility supporting AI training and cloud workloads.

Toronto (Credit: Unsplash, Getty Images)

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Merkado

BNB Sees Modest Gains Following Iran Strikes

BNB is holding steady above $616 support as network activity and a key upgrade fuel investor interest.

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Pananalapi

Canaan to Exit AI Chip Business, Double Down on Bitcoin Mining Amid Realignment

Prior to the decision, the company said it had actively explored options for selling the AI chip business.

Canaan's new Avalon 1266 model at the Bitcoin 2022 conference. (Aoyon Ashraf/CoinDesk)