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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Finance

SharpLink's Ether Bet Surpasses $1.3B After Latest Purchase

The ether treasury company said it bought nearly 80,000 ETH over the last week as Joseph Lubin praised the GENIUS Act as a watershed moment for regulatory clarity.

Joe Lubin speaking at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk/Suzanne Cordiero)

Policy

Citadel Securities Warns SEC Against Rushed Tokenized Securities Rollout

Founded by billionaire Ken Griffin, the firm argued that these blockchain-based products could create unfair advantages and drain liquidity from traditional equity markets.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Finance

Trump-Linked WLFI Partners With Vaulta After $6 Million Token Buy

The deal comes after WLFI in May quietly acquired $6 million worth of Vaulta's native token EOS (now rebranded as A).

Banks in Singapore (Aditya Chinchure/Unsplash)

Markets

Solana Takes the Altcoin Rally Baton as ETH, XRP, BTC Stall

The market is transitioning from a Bitcoin-centric phase to an altcoin-led bull market, often called alt season, analysts said.

Solana (SOL) price on July 22 (CoinDesk)

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Markets

Strategy Aims to Raise Another $500M for Bitcoin Buys With New Preferred Series

STRC or "Stretch" will have an initial regular dividend rate of 9%.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor standing. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk))

Markets

Decentralized Crypto Exchanges Hit Record Market Share in Q2 Volume: CoinGecko Report

PancakeSwap emerged as the largest DEX by volume in the second quarter, driven by its integration with Binance Alpha, CoinGecko reported.

Stock trading chart next to watchlist (Tötös Ádám/Unsplash)

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)