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

Leap Therapeutics Surges 300% on $50M Winklevoss-Backed Zcash Bet

The company is also rebranding as Cypherpunk Technologies with ticker change to CYPH, effective Thursday.

Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss at White House (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Polymarket's Shayne Coplan: Blockchain Let Him Build a Global Force From His Bedroom

The founder of the prediction marketplace spoke at Cantor Fitzgerald’s crypto, AI and blockchain conference in Miami.

Polymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan at CoinDesk's Consensus 2024.

Markets

LINK Drops 4% as Chainlink ETF News Fails to Push Break of Technical Resistance

The oracle token encountered selling pressure at $16.25 alongside a sizable decline in the broader crypto market.

Chainlink Falls 2% to $15.28 Amid ETF Resistance at $16.25

Finance

RWA Specialist Centrifuge Debuts Tokenization Service, Starting with Daylight

Decentralized energy network Daylight is the first to use the Centrifuge Whitelabel service, aiming to simplify real-world asset tokenization.

Centrifuge CEO Bhaji Illuminati (Centrifuge)

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Markets

Key Bitcoin Capitulation Metric Points to Bottoming in Price

Bitcoin's Net Unrealized Profit (NUP) ratio has dropped to 0.476, a level that historically signals short-term market bottoms.

Bull, matador (Credit: Paul Kenny McGrath/Unsplash)

Tech

Injective Launches Native EVM, Promising Faster and Cheaper DeFi

The upgrade aims to make Injective a go-to platform by combining Ethereum compatibility with Injective’s existing high-speed infrastructure.

Injective Labs CEO Eric Chen (Injective)

Finance

SoFi Launches Crypto Trading, Citing ‘Bank-Level Confidence’ as Key Edge

The federally regulated lender said 60% of users prefer trading crypto with a licensed institution over exchanges, citing compliance as a trust driver.

SoFi (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Holds Above $105K as Traders Eye Shutdown Deal, Liquidity Boost

Ending the government shutdown may trigger a $150-$200 billion liquidity injection, but a continuation could derail long-term crypto regulation, Arca's research head said.

Bitcoin Logo (modified by CoinDesk)

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Finance

Crypto Wallet Exodus Acquiring Grateful to Expand Stablecoin Payments in Latin America

The deal will add stablecoin-based payment tools for merchants and gig workers as crypto payments are rapidly growing.

A wallet full of credit cards

Markets

BONK Rises 1.7% as Breakout Momentum Holds

BONK climbed to $0.00001332 after breaking above key resistance, with volume up 82% above daily averages, signaling continued short-term strength.

BONK-USD, Nov. 10 (CoinDesk)