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

Bitcoin, Ether Catch Friday Afternoon Bids, Rise to Three-Week Highs

Next week is expected see the first Fed rate cut in one year.

Bull move

Markets

Gemini Stock Jumps 45% in Early Trades After IPO

The Winklevoss-led crypto exchange had sold 15.2 million shares, raising $425 million.

 Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss at the White House in July 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Markets

Traders Load Up on Nine-Figure Bullish Bitcoin Bets, Raising Liquidation Risks

Heavy leverage in bitcoin derivatives has set up the market for potential downside cascades, with pockets of vulnerability looming if prices break lower.

Bitcoin liquidation chart (thekingisher.io)

Markets

Solana Surges as Galaxy Scoops Up Over $700M Tokens From Exchanges

The maneuver could be linked to digital asset treasury firm Forward Industries, which raised $1.65 billion to accumulate SOL with Galaxy's backing.

Solana (CoinDesk)

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CleanCore Solutions' DOGE Holdings Top 500M; Shares Rise 13%

The company aims to amass a 1 billion dogecoin treasury within 30 days, with backing from Pantera Capital and FalconX.

DOGE (Virginia Marinova/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Bull Market Still Has Room to Run, Coinbase Says

A mix of strong liquidity, a benign macro backdrop and supportive regulatory signals could keep the crypto market rally alive in the fourth quarter, the report said.

Bulls

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BlackRock Weighs Tokenized ETFs on Blockchain in Push Beyond Treasuries: Report

The world’s largest asset manager is exploring putting exchange-traded funds on chain, sources told Bloomberg.

BlackRock sign outside San Francisco office building

Markets

Rising Jobless Claims Eclipse Inflation Data as Recession Fears Resurface

Initial jobless claims surged to 263,000 last week — the highest in 4 years — signaling weakening growth and bringing stagflation fears to the forefront.

(Chris Hondros/Newsmakers via Getty Images)

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Chainlink's LINK Gains as DigiFT, UBS Fund Tokenization Pilot in Hong Kong

DigiFT, Chainlink and UBS won approval under Hong Kong’s Cyberport subsidiy scheme to build automated infrastructure for tokenized financial products.

Chainlink (LINK) price today (CoinDesk)

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U.S. CPI Rose a Faster-Than-Expected 0.4% in August; Core Rate in Line

The headline news is sending markets, bitcoin included, lower, but isn't likely to derail the Fed from trimming interest rates next week.

Two paper carrier bags of fresh fruit and baked products. (Maria Lin Kim/Unsplash)