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

Circle Hits New Record With Market Cap Nearing That of Coinbase

Circle’s blistering rally reflects investor hunger for stablecoin exposure, but lofty valuation multiples are raising eyebrows.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Cipher Mining Begins Bitcoin Production at 300 MW Black Pearl Data Center

The New York-based miner expects hashrate to hit 23 EH/s by Q3 after starting operations at its Black Pearl site.

ASIC miner (Credit: Shutterstock)

Policy

Texas Ready for $10M Bitcoin Purchase After Governor Signs Bill for State Reserve

The Lone Star State appears as if it will be the first in the U.S. to hold bitcoin.

Austin

Markets

Hedge Fund Veterans Plan $100M BNB Treasury Bet

The move comes amid a growing trend of corporations adopting bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as treasury reserve assets.

Binance logo on a smartphone (Vadim Artyukhin/Unsplash)

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Markets

Bitcoin Bounce Fails, Tumbling Below $100K as Iran Reportedly Prepares Retaliation Against U.S.

Axios reported the White House is expecting an Iranian attack against U.S. bases in the Gulf region.

CoinDesk

Markets

HIVE Digital to Launch Canadian AI Data Hub With 7.2 MW Toronto Site Purchase

The site will host BUZZ HPC’s first liquid-cooled Tier 3 facility supporting AI training and cloud workloads.

Toronto (Credit: Unsplash, Getty Images)

Markets

BNB Sees Modest Gains Following Iran Strikes

BNB is holding steady above $616 support as network activity and a key upgrade fuel investor interest.

CoinDesk

Finance

Canaan to Exit AI Chip Business, Double Down on Bitcoin Mining Amid Realignment

Prior to the decision, the company said it had actively explored options for selling the AI chip business.

Canaan's new Avalon 1266 model at the Bitcoin 2022 conference. (Aoyon Ashraf/CoinDesk)

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Markets

Tokenized Shares of Solana Treasury Company Defi Dev Coming to Kraken

The company has claimed the bragging rights of becoming the first U.S.-listed crypto treasury firm with on-chain equity on Backed's xStocks launch with Kraken.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/ Unsplash)

Markets

Cardone Capital Adds 1,000 BTC, Eyes 3,000 in Bold Bitcoin Strategy

The real estate mogul integrated $100 million in BTC into his firm's balance sheet, eyeing more crypto-backed growth.

Grant Cardone (Cardone Capital)