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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BCB Strikes Deal with SocGen–FORGE to Distribute Euro-Pegged Stablecoin EURCV

EURCoinVertible (EURCV) is one of the first stablecoins to comply with the EU’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework, which came into effect earlier this year.

European Union Flag (Christian Lue / Unsplash / Modified by CoinDesk)

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New Hampshire Tops List of Most Crypto-Friendly U.S. States: Study

ASICKey ranked states by tax policy, crypto jobs, and infrastructure; New Hampshire and Wyoming lead the pack.

New Hampshire (Photo: Seth Dewey, Unsplash)

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Meta Shareholders Overwhelmingly Reject Proposal to Consider Bitcoin Treasury Strategy

The company has $72 billion in cash on its balance sheet, but barely any of the 5 billion shares that voted were in favor of adding bitcoin.

Mark Zuckerberg

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Crypto Treasury Strategy News: Hong Kong's Reitar and VivoPower

Reitar will be buying bitcoin and VivoPower XRP.

Sequans acquired 370 BTC initially and aims to accumulate over 3,000 BTC(Shutterstock)

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Riot Platforms Taps Data Center Veteran to Expand Beyond Bitcoin Mining

Jonathan Gibbs will lead Riot’s push into enterprise-grade data centers for AI and cloud computing.

Mining equipment (Shutterstock)

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TON Surges 3.7% in V-Shaped Recovery After Finding Strong Support at $3.11

The Open Network's native token demonstrates resilience amid global economic tensions with bullish technical indicators pointing to continued upward momentum.

TON analysis

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Circle Eyes $7.2B Valuation in Upsized U.S. IPO Amid Strong Investor Demand

Circle raises its IPO share count and price range as strong investor demand fuels interest.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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NEAR Struggles to Break Free From Bearish Momentum Despite Support

Geopolitical tensions and shifting monetary policies create headwinds for the token as it tests critical price levels.

NEAR/USD chart (CoinDesk Data)

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ATOM Breaks Out of Consolidation Pattern Amid Volume Spike

Cosmos token shows resilience amid global economic tensions as trading volume spikes.

ATOM/USD chart (CoinDesk Data)

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Stablecoin Protocol USDT0 Aims to Bring Tokenized Gold Closer to DeFi

The gold-linked XAUT0 token follows the protocol's Tether-linked USDT0 that has grown to $1.3 billion in supply and available on ten DeFi-focused blockchains.

A gold bar (Scottsdale mint/Unsplash)