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

Polkadot's DOT Consolidates After Sharp Decline

The token slumped 4% amid a wider decline in crypto markets.

DOT Price Slides 4.6% Amid High Volume as Institutional Buyers Support Key $4.07 Level

Finance

Brevan Howard-Backed Tokenization Firm Expands Funds to Sei as RWA Momentum Grows

Tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) are emerging as a key bridge between TradFi and DeFi.

Art installation reminiscent of digital ecosystems

Finance

RWA Chain Plume Acquiring Dinero to Expand Institutional DeFi Yield Offering

The deal aims to boost Plume's institutional push offering a broader set of yield strategies including liquid staking, co-founder Teddy Pornprinya said.

Plume co-founders Teddy Pornprinya and Chris Yin (Plume)

Markets

‘Chinese’ Memecoins Raffle on BNB Chain Ecosystem as CZ’s Push Mints Millionaires

BNB Chain now accounts for 11.4% of global meme coin activity, nearly catching Ethereum’s 12%, while Solana, long the dominant meme venue, has slowed.

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Policy

Bank of England Plans Exemptions to Stablecoin Limits: Bloomberg

The BoE will grant waivers to some businesses like crypto exchanges that need to hold large amounts of the tokens.

Bank of England (Robert Bye / Unsplash / Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

IREN Declines 6% on $875M Convertible Note Offering

The hot-handed bitcoin miner turned high-performance computing play could raise as much as $1 billion in the note sale.

Data center servers

Finance

CleanCore's Dogecoin Treasury Tops 710M Tokens, Booking $20M+ Gain

The company has been acquiring DOGE since early September using proceeds from a $175 million private placement.

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Markets

Bitcoin Dips to $122K as Crypto Rally Gets Overheated. What Next?

The pullback was a broad one, with altcoins like SOL, ADA, and XRP suffering even steeper declines.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk Data)

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Finance

CEA Industries Total BNB Holdings Rise to 480K as Token Hits Record High

The value of CEA's BNB holdings has moved to over $625 million, BNB itself reaching a new all-time high above $1,310.

Stylized BNB token logo (Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

S&P’s New Index Blends 15 Cryptos With 35 Crypto-Linked Stocks

Dinari will issue a blockchain-based token that tracks the performance of the index on-chain.

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