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

Tech Darling Figma Soars 198% Following IPO; Holds $70M in Bitcoin ETF

The developer of design software previously disclosed ownership of $70 million of Bitwise's BITB, with plans to buy another $30 million in bitcoin.

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Tech

Helium Plus Lets Businesses Join Solana DePIN Project With Just Wi-Fi

The Solana DePIN project is launching a new service that allows businesses to contribute to the Helium Network with just Wi-Fi and without having to buy new equipment.

A blue balloon (Getty Images/Fernando Trabanco Fotografia)

Markets

Robinhood's Strong Q2 Fails to Sway Cautious Wall Street Analysts

Having nearly tripled in price from the April lows, the stock received a number of modest price target hikes, but no ratings upgrades.

DeFi is battered and bruised, but not dead (Unsplash)

Tech

Stablecoins Speed Up Thanks to ‘AWS of Crypto’ Alchemy’s Latest Upgrade

Blockchain infrastructure firm Alchemy has released a punchy upgrade with its new Cortex Engine.

Alchemy CTO Guillaume Poncin (Alchemy)

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Markets

Filecoin Jumps 2% After Defending Support at $2.38 Level

Support has now been established at $2.38, with resistance at $2.55.

"Filecoin (FIL) rallies 2% on surge in volume and Avalanche partnership, confirming bullish reversal from $2.38 support"

Markets

BONK Rallies 8% Ahead of Trillion-Token Burn Milestone

Solana meme token gains momentum as deflationary pressure builds with 1T token burn on the horizon

BONK, July 31 2025 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Roman Storm Jury Set to Begin Deliberations as Money Laundering Trial Draws to Close

In their lengthy closing arguments on Wednesday, attorneys for both sides battled to win over the jury before releasing the group to decide the Tornado Cash developer’s fate.

Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm outside the Manhattan courthouse where he is being tried for criminal money laundering (CoinDesk/Cheyenne Ligon)

Markets

Bitcoin Tumbles Below $116K as Jerome Powell Delivers Hawkish Remarks

The Fed Chair appeared as dug in as ever to his insistence that the central bank stands firmly in blocking the Trump tariffs from igniting inflation.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before the House Financial Services Committee

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Markets

Fed Holds Rates Steady as Expected, but Two Dissent From Decision

Fed Chair Jerome Powell has been under considerable pressure from the White House to ease monetary policy.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 30, 2022. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Markets

Coinbase, JPMorgan Deal Signals Shift in Institutional Posture Towards Crypto: Bernstein

Coinbase and JPMorgan have forged a strategic partnership, signaling institutional embrace of crypto infrastructure, the Wall Street broker said.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)