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

Coinbase Shares Shrug Off Double Downgrade to Close Higher on Crypto Rally

H.C. Wainwright downgraded the crypto exchange to sell from buy, taking note of slowing spot trading activity and an overdone rally.

Coinbase app on a mobile phone screen.

Markets

MARA Holdings Names Ex-Blue River Exec as CPO to Lead Productization of Energy Tech

Nir Rikovitch is joining the bitcoin miner to scale up the firm’s technological offerings.

ASIC miner (Credit: Getty Images, Nikolay Tsuguliev)

Finance

German State Lender NRW.BANK Issues €100M Blockchain Bond on Polygon

The German state bank’s crypto bond on Polygon marks a pivotal step in Europe’s tokenized capital market adoption, according to a press release.

Flag of Germany with Euro notes.

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Markets

Bitmine Immersion Stock Sheds Another 20% After $2B ATM Offering

The company may sell up to $2 billion in stock through Cantor Fitzgerald and ThinkEquity in flexible at-the-market deals, according to a Wednesday filing.

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Markets

Coinbase Partners With Perplexity AI to Bring Real-Time Crypto Market Data to Traders

The tie-up will allow users to dig into market trends, monitor price action and explore token fundamentals.

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Markets

Sequans Communications Kicks Off Bitcoin Treasury with 370 BTC Purchase

The semiconductor firm plans to expand holdings to 3,000 BTC using proceeds from recent its capital raise.

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

Finance

BIT Mining Surges 250% on Solana Pivot

The company said it wants to "capture emerging opportunities across the broader blockchain" industry and attract investors seeking exposure to Solana

ASIC Miners (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

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Markets

Bitcoin Tops $111K, on Brink of Breaking Record High; Ether's 6% Jump Leads Major Cryptos

The price of BTC has seemingly been capped at $110,000 for several weeks, with gains quickly reversing each time it approached that level.

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Finance

Revolut Seeks $1B in New Funding at $65B Valuation: FT

The London-based company is among a growing number of fintech firms leaning into faster, crypto-native payment systems.

Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky (Credit: Getty Images, Kimberly White)