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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Coinbase Equity Futures to Blend Mag 7 Tech Stocks With Crypto ETFs

Mag7 + Crypto Equity Index Futures are coming to the crypto exchange on September 22.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Merkado

TRUMP, XRP, and SOL Options Signal a Potential Year-End Altcoin Season: PowerTrade

Crypto options platform PowerTrade reports that traders are betting on a strong year-end rally in several altcoins, including SOL, XRP, TRUMP, HYPE, LINK.

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Pananalapi

SmartGold, Chintai Tokenize $1.6B in IRA Gold, Add DeFi Yield for U.S. Investors

The tokenized gold structure lets U.S. retirement investors earn yield on crypto protocols while keeping tax advantages.

gold bars (Philip Oroni/Unsplash+)

Pananalapi

Sonic Labs Commits $40M to SonicStrategy as It Eyes Nasdaq Listing, U.S. Expansion

The funding will be used to support SonicStrategy's treasury, validator operations, and blockchain investments, and can convert to common stock at $4.50 per share.

Seed Funding Investment coins in a jar (Towfiqu barbhuiya/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Retakes $111K as Risk Assets Reverse Off Worst Levels

U.S. stocks opened sharply lower after the three day weekend, but have narrowed those losses.

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CleanCore in $175M Deal to Establish a Dogecoin Treasury; Shares Tumble 60%

The firm also named Alex Spiro, high-profile attorney and Elon Musk's lawyer, as chairman of the board effective immediately.

Shiba inu dog

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Kraken, Backed Bring Tokenized Equities Offering to Ethereum Mainnet

The expansion of xStocks aims to integrate tokenized stocks with Ethereum’s vast DeFi ecosystem., the firms said.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/ Unsplash)

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The Ether Machine Gets $654M ETH Investment From Blockchains’ Jeffrey Berns

Berns’ commitment brings company's ETH holdings to over $2.1 billion as it prepares to go public via a merger later this year.

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Crypto Exchange Gemini Aims for $2.22B Valuation in U.S. IPO, Seeking to Raise $317M

The Winklevoss-led company plans to sell 16.67M shares at $17–$19 each, tapping a hot IPO market.

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Merkado

Strategy’s Equity Shift Is No Retreat From Bitcoin Strategy, Benchmark Says

Analyst Mark Palmer reiterated his buy rating and $705 price target on the Michael Saylor-led company, which is more than a double from current levels.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)