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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Finanças

Jamie Dimon Says JPMorgan to Get More Involved With Stablecoins

Speaking on his bank's second quarter earnings call, the famous crypto skeptic acknowledged that stablecoins are "real."

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Política

UK Commits to Enabling DLT, Tokenization Work in its Wholesale Strategy

Regulators will also explore how stablecoins can be utilized in the new Digital Securities Sandbox.

A view over the City of London taken over the Thames near Tower Bridge. (Cj / Unsplash+)

Mercados

ICP Slides 3% But Caffeine Launch Sparks Rebound

DFINITY has officially launched Caffeine, an AI-powered Web3 platform built on ICP, at the "Hello, Self-Writing Internet" event in San Francisco

ICP-USD July 15 2025 (CoinDesk)

Mercados

BNB Slips Nearly 2% as Traders Cash Out After Run Higher

BNB is celebrating its eighth anniversary and has recently undergone a $1 billion token burn.

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Publicidade

Finanças

SharpLink Gaming Overtakes Ethereum Foundation as Largest Corporate Holder of ETH

The firm now holds 280,706 ETH worth about $840 million after last week's purchases.

Joe Lubin speaking at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk/Suzanne Cordiero)

Mercados

Kraken Debuts Derivatives Trading in U.S., Plans Expansion to Commodity, Stock Futures

The initiative comes on the heels of acquiring CFTC-regulated futures trading platform NinjaTrader for $1.5 billion.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/ Unsplash)

Finanças

Solana-Based Ranger Finance Rolls Out DEX Aggregator and Points Season

The protocol will aim to execute trades using an order routing system that taps into multiple trading venues.

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Finanças

Crypto Banking Startup Dakota Raises $12.5M for Global Stablecoin Push

The company, which lets businesses send and receive U.S. dollars globally via stablecoin rails, is expanding to over 100 countries with the funding.

U.S. dollar (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Publicidade

Mercados

USDC Holders Can Now Earn Yield on Crypto Options Exchange Deribit

The reward rate for USDC on the exchange is 4% as of July 2025, but rates are subject to change by Coinbase.

Yield sign (Shutterstock)

Mercados

U.S. June CPI Rose an In Line 0.3%; Core Rate Slightly Better Than Hoped at 0.2%

On a steep slide from record highs near $124,000 just over 24 hours ago, bitcoin rose modestly to $117,300 in the minutes following the news.

Two paper carrier bags of fresh fruit and baked products. (Maria Lin Kim/Unsplash)