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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Finance

CZ, YZi Labs Refute Report of Opening $10B Investment Company to External Investors

"False news...with with fake/wrong/made-up info and negative narrative," said Changpeng "CZ" Zhao in response to the story.

Chanpeng "CZ" Zhao (Nikhilesh De/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Miners Surge on Speculation of OpenAI-Driven Energy Demand

Publicly traded miners are riding the AI infrastructure boom as investors bet excess capacity can fuel high-performance computing.

CoinDesk

Markets

Bitcoin Miner IREN Has 80% Potential Upside Thanks to Big Bet on AI Cloud: Bernstein

The broker hiked its IREN price target to $75 from $20 while reiterating its outperform rating on the stock.

Bitcoin mining machines (Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Elliptic Lands HSBC Investment, Extending Big Bank Backing in Blockchain Analytics

The London-based firm says the deal underscores growing institutional demand for blockchain oversight as banks move deeper into digital assets.

Elliptic CEO Simone Maini (Elliptic)

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Finance

Orderly Network Introduces Build-Your-Own Perp DEX Platform

"Orderly One" allows a perp DEX to be built in a matter of minutes without requiring the writing of any lines of code, Orderly said.

DIY, plumbing (Steve Buissinne/Pixabay)

Markets

History Suggests Bitcoin Likely to Catch Up as it Again Lags S&P 500

While bitcoin and the S&P 500 often trend together, they periodically diverge during bull cycles.

BTC (TradingView)

Finance

Morgan Stanley Crypto Trading Ambitions Drawing Nearer: Bloomberg

The bank will partner with Zerohash to let clients trade BTC, ETH and SOL starting in early 2026, the report said.

Morgan Stanley (Shutterstock)

Markets

Fold Teaming With Stripe for Its Bitcoin Rewards Credit Card

The card will run on the Visa network and offers 2% in rewards, with potential for that to rise to as high as 3.5%.

(stevepb/Pixabay)

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Markets

Semler Scientific Still Has Nearly 170% Upside After Strive Buyout Deal: Benchmark

Semler (SMLR) rose to just $32.06 yesterday even as the implied acquisition value was above $86, an unusually wide arbitrage spread, said analyst Mark Palmer.

(Christian Dubovan/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

OKX Offers 4.1% Yield on USDG as Stablecoin Competition Heats Up

OKX is responding to intensifying competition for stablecoin dominance, describing stablecoins as crypto's "connective tissue"

OKX founder Star Xu (OKX)