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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Mercados

Jerome Powell Makes No Promise to Ease Policy; Fed to Stay Focused on Inflation

The Fed chair spoke Friday with markets in full blown panic following the Trump tariff announcement.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Mercados

GameStop CEO Cohen Buys $10M of GME Shares Following Bitcoin Acquisition Plan

The company earlier this week closed on a $1.5 billion capital raise, with the funds to be mostly used to buy bitcoin.

(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Finanzas

Creators of DeFi Firm Aave Launch Social Media Developer Network Lens Chain

Lens Chain mainnet goes live using an inexpensive Ethereum overlay blockchain designed for building decentralized social media applications.

Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Aave, speaks at Consensus 2019.

Mercados

U.S. March Jobs Growth of 228K Blows Through 135K Forecast

Bitcoin has been showing very faint signs of resilience as markets tumble in response to tariffs.

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

Publicidad

Finanzas

Investment Firm Republic to Acquire Crypto Trader INX Digital for Up to $60M

The transaction is expected to close within eight months, subject to closing conditions

New York City (JLB1988/Pixabay)

Finanzas

WisdomTree Expands Institutional Tokenized Fund Platform to Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base and Optimism

The firm also offers a broader selection of tokenized funds, including equity indexes and fixed income strategies.

Tokenized Treasuries has become a $3.5 billion asset class as demand and DeFi integration soared.(Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Mercados

Bitcoin Nears $80K but 'Turning Point' in Sight, Suggests Analyst

Gold continued to notably outperform so-called "digital gold."

Donald Trump (Shutterstock)

Tecnología

Interoperability Protocol Hyperlane Reveals Airdrop Details

The airdrop will occur on April 22, with 57% of the token supply going to users.

roads

Publicidad

Mercados

Whales Buy the Bitcoin Dip: First Meaningful Accumulation in 8 Months

Another indicator, though, continues to point to downward price pressure.

BTC: Trend Accumulation Score by Cohort (Glassnode)

Mercados


Brazil’s Largest Bank Itaú Unibanco Mulls Its Own Stablecoin

The bank’s decision will depend on regulatory developments in Brazil and the success of stablecoin rollouts by U.S. financial institutions.

Itaú's building in Colombia (Jose Gil/Unsplash)