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

Bitmine's Tom Lee Predicts Ether Hitting $15K, With Ethereum Emerging as Wall Street's Favored Blockchain

Stablecoins brought a ChatGPT moment for crypto adoption, driving Wall Street demand for Ethereum, the Fundstrat co-founder and Bitmine chairman said in a CoinDesk interview.

Screenshot of Tom Lee on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

Markets

BNB Jumps 4.5% as Corporate Buyers, Developer Activity Fuel Rally

The BNB Chain's 2025-2026 roadmap, which includes scaling gas limits and adding privacy features, has also likely contributed to improved sentiment.

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Tech

Ethereum Validators Signal Intention of Upping Gas Limit To 45M

As of July 21, 49% of validators with staked ETH have indicated they want to up the gas limit to 45 million units.

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Markets

Trump Media Discloses $2B Bitcoin Stack

The company roughly two months ago completed a capital raise of $2.5 billion with intensions on building a bitcoin treasury.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaking Friday in the White House's East Room ahead of signing the GENIUS Act into law. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Markets

Michael Saylor's Strategy Added Another $740M of Bitcoin Last Week

The company stack now stands at 607,770 BTC worth roughly at $72 billion at bitcoin's current price just above $118,000.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor in 2021 (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Insurance Broker Native Introduces ‘Risk Collective’ Backed by Lloyd’s Underwriters

The Native Risk Collective brings together Lloyd’s of London underwriters Mosaic Insurance and Chaucer, with security vendors to set a new standard for digital asset insurance.

Native leaders: In order from left to right, these are James Asaad (Chairman), Dan Ross (CTO) and Ben David (CEO). (Native)

Markets

Gordon Brown Redux? UK Reportedly Mulls Sale of 5B Pounds in Bitcoin

Facing a budget hole of perhaps 20 billion pounds, the country's Home Office is working with the police to perhaps sell billions of seized crypto, according to The Telegraph.

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Bullish Files for U.S. IPO

The company plans a NYSE listing under the ticker “BLSH.”

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Policy

Trump Signs GENIUS Act Into Law, Elevating First Major Crypto Effort to Become Policy

President Donald Trump made it official during a White House ceremony, affixing a signature to the stablecoin regulation bill before a crowd of crypto insiders.

President Trump at GENIUS bill signing (Nik De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Slips Below $118K, ETH, XRP Pare Big Gains, but Rally Remains on Firm Ground, Says Coinbase

Expect pullbacks, but there's not yet the type of runaway speculation associated with tops, Coinbase analysts said.

Bitcoin price on July 18 (CoinDesk)