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

Bitcoin Holds Above $107K Ahead of Friday’s Big Options Expiry With $102K Max Pain Price

Put-call skews show no clear directional positioning for traders in the short-term.

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Markets

Lingerie Fighting Championships to Add $2M in Bitcoin to Treasury Ahead of Expansion to UK

The Las Vegas-based MMA league is embracing BTC ahead of its first events in England and Wales this July.

Lingerie (Credit: Unsplash, Karolina Grabowska)

Markets

Core Scientific Soars 25% as WSJ Reports Buyout Talks With CoreWeave

A number of bitcoin miner shares are moving higher on the news.

Máquinas de minería de bitcoin (Shutterstock)

Markets

Spot DOGE ETF Appears Nearer as Bitwise Amends Filing

The updated paperwork also suggests in-kind creations could be coming for a range of crypto ETFs, said an analyst.

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Finance

Solana-Focused Upexi to Tokenize Shares; Added 56K SOL to Holdings

The Nasdaq-listed firm has tapped Superstate's equity tokenization tool to make its shares available on the blockchain.

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Finance

Crypto Custodian Taurus Launches First Stablecoin Contract With Privacy Features

The privacy-focused stablecoin contract uses the Aztec Network to combine encrypted transfers with issuer-controlled compliance.

From left to right: Lamine Brahimi, Co-Founder and Managing Partner; Dr. Jean-Philippe Aumasson, Co-Founder and CSO; Oren-Olivier Puder, Co-Founder and Chairman; Sébastien Dessimoz,  Co-Founder and Managing Partner (Taurus)

Tech

Rain, Toku Debut Stablecoin Payrolls for Workers in Over 100 Countries

The new offering embeds into popular payroll platforms and allows employers to pay workers in USDC, RLUSD and USDG globally.

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Markets

Bitcoin Rises Past $107K as FHFA's Pulte Orders Crypto Consideration in Mortgage Applications

The Trump appointee overseeing the nation's housing agencies said Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae should take mortgage applicants' crypto holdings into account.

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Finance

SoFi to Launch Blockchain Remittances With Stablecoins as Crypto Returns to Platform

The move comes as the CEO shared plans to re-enter the crypto business under the Trump administration after having exiting digital asset services in 2023.

SoFi (Shutterstock)

Markets

Kalshi Joins Polymarket in Unicorn Club With Latest Fundraise: Report

Kalshi has raised$185 million at a valuation of $2 billion, according to a release.

Kalshi will have a prediction contract weighed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)