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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BONK Holds Key Support as Volatility Grips Market

The Solana-based memecoin weathered an 8% intraday swing amid a Galaxy Digital transfer and Binance reclassification.

BONK-USD, July 22 2025 (CoinDesk)

Merkado

Bitcoin ETFs' 12-Day Inflow Streak Comes to an End as Price Stalls

The spot bitcoin funds on Monday saw outflows of $131 million as speculative interest turned in a big way to altcoins.

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Pananalapi

Kraken to Support Biotech Firm Windtree’s $200M BNB Treasury Play

Crypto exchange Kraken will custody and manage BNB assets for Windtree Therapeutics' crypto treasury plan tied to Binance Chain.

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PNC Bank to Offer Crypto Access Through Coinbase Amid Growing Institutional Demand

The partnership aims to bring crypto trading to PNC clients and banking support to Coinbase, the companies said.

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Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Jumps 8% on Share Buyback Program

The company CEO called the stock undervalued, with an "underappreciated" bitcoin business and little to no value being applied to the firm's high-performance computing potential.

Bitfarms facility in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada.  (CoinDesk archives)

Pananalapi

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)

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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)

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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)

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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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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))