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

Chainlink's LINK Stages V-Shape Recovery After 14% Plunge

Oracle network Chainlink's native token shows resilience with strong demand stepping in at key support levels.

LINK price on June 9 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Ethereum Blockchain Is Useful Technology That 'Deserves Love,' Bernstein Says

Ether ETF inflows totaled $815 million over the last 20 days as investors have woken up to the network's value proposition, the broker said.

Abstract Ethereum blocks and dollars (Dall-E, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase Alum-Founded Turnkey Raises $30M Series B to Grow Engineering Team

The funding round was led by Bain Capital Crypto and included contributions from Lightspped Faction and Galaxy Ventures

Turnkey co-founders Jack Kearney and Bryce Ferguson (Turnkey)

Markets

Michael Saylor's Strategy Added 1,045 Bitcoin for $110M Last Week

The company now holds a total of 582,000 tokens purchased at an average price of just over $70,000 each.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

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HIVE Digital Capacity Crosses 10 EH/s in May, Aims to More Than Double That by Year-End

The firm’s hydropowered Paraguayan facilities fuelled a 58% monthly hashrate jump.

Paraguay. Credit: Planet Volumes, Unsplash+

Finance

Polymarket Partners Up With Elon Musk's xAI

Shayne Coplan, the prediction market's CEO, said that the two "truth-seeking apps" would be stronger together.

Shayne Coplan, CEO, Polymarket, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk).

Finance

Stablecoin Fever With Circle Soaring Another 40%: Apple, X Among Those Reportedly Wanting In

According to Fortune, the tech giants are in early talks with crypto firms to add stablecoin payments to reduce fees.

(A.C./Unsplash)

Markets

U.S. Added 139K Jobs in May, Roughly In Line With Forecasts

The unemployment rate remained steady at 4.2%, also matching economist forecasts.

The U.S. released January jobs numbers Friday morning (Ernie Journeys/Unsplash)

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Markets

Bitcoin Threatens $100K, Crypto Losses Grow as Musk/Trump Feud Goes Nuclear

What began as a spat over the GOP tax and spending bill moving through Congress morphed into uncharted levels on Thursday.

Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk arrives to the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Markets

Circle Soars 167% After IPO, Closing at $83 in First Day of Trading

The euphoric action harkens back to the 2021 Coinbase IPO, which didn't end well for those who piled in near the high.

Jeremy Allaire Circle CEO (The Washington Post / Getty Images)