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

Sell in May? Bitcoin Tops $107K, Could Hit Record Highs This Summer Say Analysts

Regulatory tailwinds, persistent ETF and corporate buying, Fed rate decisions and Trump's looming tariff deadline are setting the crypto market up for an eventful next few months.

Bull statue (Pixabay)

Policy

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Is Creating a Crypto Advisory Council

"We want to use technology of tomorrow to better serve New Yorkers today," said the mayor at a summit on Tuesday.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams

Finance

Securitize’s Tokenized Credit Fund Set for Solana DeFi Debut as RWA Trend Expands

Kamino Finance and Steakhouse Financial are teaming up to bring Securitize's ACRED token to the fast-growing Solana DeFi ecosystem.

Statue of Apollo by Johann Baptist Hagenauer in Schönbrunn Palace Park, Germany

Tech

Validation Cloud Debuts Mavrik-1 AI Engine on Hedera to Democratize DeFi Data Analysis and Web3

Mavrik-1 aims to lower the barrier to DeFi adoption by allowing users to access complex data without technical expertise.

Validation Cloud debuts AI engine, Mavrik-1. (BrianPenny/Pixabay)

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Markets

SocGen’s Crypto Arm to Launch Dollar Denominated Stablecoin on Ethereum, Reports Say

The stablecoin, initially for institutional investors, follows the launch of SG Forge’s euro stablecoin, EURCV.

Office tower at night (Vincent Wachowiak/Unsplash)

Policy

Milei Closes Down LIBRA Investigative Unit After It Shares Findings With Prosecutors

The country's Department of Justice claims the investigative unit has fulfilled its purpose.

President of Argentina Javier Milei (Photo by Tomas Cuesta/Getty Images)

Finance

True Markets Raises $11M in Series A, Launches Mobile-First DeFi Trading App on Solana

The funding round was co-led by Accomplice and RRE Ventures, with participation from Reciprocal Ventures, Variant Fund and PayPal Ventures.

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Markets

KULR Boosts Bitcoin Treasury to 800 BTC With $9M Purchase

This latest acquisition was made at an average purchase price of $103,234 per bitcoin.

KULR expands bitcoin holdings to 510 BTC (Jacco Rienks, Unsplash)

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Markets

Bitcoin Climbs to $105K; Crypto ETF Issuer Sees 35% Upside

Cryptocurrencies reversed early losses as risk assets shrugged off the Moody's U.S. debt downgrade.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on May 19 (CoinDesk)

Finance

JPMorgan to Allow Clients to Buy Bitcoin, Says Jamie Dimon

A longtime vocal critic of bitcoin, Dimon said the bank he runs will now let clients to buy the crypto.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)