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

Leap Therapeutics Shares Jump on $59M Winklevoss-Led Crypto Deal

The penny stock name said the investment will be used to purchase cryptocurrency to be held on the company balance sheet.

Cryptocurrency prices seen on phone and monitors. (Sajad Nori/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Options Market Now Big Enough to Move Spot Prices, FalconX Says

Options flows now shape price direction more than spot trades as institutions lean on Deribit and IBIT to position around volatility.

Trading screen with price monitors and charts (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)

Markets

AI/HPC Bitcoin Miners Rally as AMD Soars 30% on OpenAI Deal

OpenAI’s multi-billion-dollar chip agreement with AMD fuels sector-wide gains across artificial intelligence and high-performance computing stocks.

Racks of mining machines.

Finance

BitMine Immersion Added $821M in Ether, Bringing Cash and Crypto Holdings to $13.4B

The firm extended its lead as the largest ether treasury, holding over 2.83 million in ETH tokens.

Screenshot of Tom Lee on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

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Markets

Galaxy Takes on Robinhood, Coinbase With 4%-8% Yield App; Stock Jumps 8%

The new GalaxyOne platform offers 4%–8% yields and unified trading across crypto, stocks and ETFs.

Mike Novogratz, Founder and CEO, Galaxy Digital. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Figure Is a Blockchain Pioneer in Credit Markets, Says Bernstein, Initiating at Outperform

The broker's $54 price target suggests 35% upside from Friday's $40 close.

Stylized network of light focii covering Earth (geralt/Pixabay)

Markets

Strategy Q3 Bitcoin Gains Were $3.9B; No Weekly Buys for First Time Since April

Shares were higher in premarket action alongside bitcoin's weekend gain to a new record price.

Strategy CEO Michael Saylor

Markets

Stablecoin Surge Could Trigger $1T Exit From Emerging Market Banks: Standard Chartered

Rising stablecoin usage could offer savers in weak economies a safer alternative to local banks.

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Markets

Bitcoin Set for Quick Run to $135K and Beyond: Standard Chartered

ETF investors shifting from gold to bitcoin could accelerate the rally into year-end, with BTC potentially hitting $200,000, lead analyst Geoff Kendrick said.

Bitcoin (modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Surges Above $123K, Nearing New Record as Bullish Q4 Sentiment Fuels Weeklong Rally

This recent run has been fueled by institutional demand and a shifting macro environment.

BTC and bond yields can rally in lockstep. (JACLOU-DL/Pixabay)