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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Технології

Eclipse Launches $ES Airdrop, Distributing 15% of Token Supply

The team behind the network shared that the initial distribution will occur over the next 30 days.

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Strategy’s Convertible Bond Prices Surge as Stock Advances Back Toward Record High

Five of the six convertible issuances from the serial bitcoin acquirer are trading deep in the money, creating billions in unrealized value.

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

Фінанси

Early Bitcoiner Adam Back Nears $3.5B BTC Deal With Brandon Lutnick-Led Cantor SPAC: FT

According to the report, the Cantor Equity Partners 1 shell company would acquire 30,000 bitcoin from Back and his Blocksteam Capital in exchange for shares in the Cantor vehicle.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back at Consensus Hong Kong in February (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Політика

'Crypto Week' Back on Track? Trump Says Defecting Lawmakers Ready to Vote for Bills

The House was supposed to vote at 5pm ET Monday after an earlier hiccup.

There was bipartisan opposition to advancing the crypto bills on a procedural motion. (C-SPAN)

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Jamie Dimon Says JPMorgan to Get More Involved With Stablecoins

Speaking on his bank's second quarter earnings call, the famous crypto skeptic acknowledged that stablecoins are "real."

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

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UK Commits to Enabling DLT, Tokenization Work in its Wholesale Strategy

Regulators will also explore how stablecoins can be utilized in the new Digital Securities Sandbox.

A view over the City of London taken over the Thames near Tower Bridge. (Cj / Unsplash+)

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ICP Slides 3% But Caffeine Launch Sparks Rebound

DFINITY has officially launched Caffeine, an AI-powered Web3 platform built on ICP, at the "Hello, Self-Writing Internet" event in San Francisco

ICP-USD July 15 2025 (CoinDesk)

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BNB Slips Nearly 2% as Traders Cash Out After Run Higher

BNB is celebrating its eighth anniversary and has recently undergone a $1 billion token burn.

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SharpLink Gaming Overtakes Ethereum Foundation as Largest Corporate Holder of ETH

The firm now holds 280,706 ETH worth about $840 million after last week's purchases.

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

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Kraken Debuts Derivatives Trading in U.S., Plans Expansion to Commodity, Stock Futures

The initiative comes on the heels of acquiring CFTC-regulated futures trading platform NinjaTrader for $1.5 billion.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/ Unsplash)