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 Crypto Momentum Stalls, Valuation Stretches: Cut to Sell at Compass Point

Compass Point warns of choppy trading, rising competition, and skepticism around stock trading and crypto regulation reforms in 2025.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Finance

Tokenization Specialist Centrifuge Appoints Former Goldman Sachs Executive as COO

Jürgen Blumberg, who spent over two decades at Goldman Sachs, Invesco and BlackRock heading ETF businesses, will focus on bridging DeFi and traditional finance.

Centrifuge is one of the largest blockchain-based credit platform with $270 million of active loans. (Mae Mu/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Carnage Continues Even as Gold, Bonds Surge on Soft U.S. Jobs Data

Bitcoin and stocks are at session lows late in U.S. afternoon trade on Friday.

Ether has fallen below a key bull market trendline.  (Eva Blue/Unsplash)

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Policy

Gemini's Tyler Winklevoss Says Trump CFTC Pick Quintenz Has 'Disqualifying' Views

Winklevoss shared "significant concerns" with CoinDesk about Brian Quintenz running the agency, revealing the industry isn't entirely behind Trump's nominee.

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

BONK Sinks 5% as Institutional Liquidation Intensifies

Meme coin loses ground amid broad risk-off sentiment and $0.000025 support test

BONK-USD, Aug 1 2025 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Filecoin Drops Over 6%, Breaks Key Support at the $2.38 Level

FIL encountered significant bearish momentum during the 24-hour period

FIL-USD Shows Sharp 6% Intraday Volatility with Strong Recovery After High-Volume Selloff

Markets

Bitcoin Mining Profitability Last Month Hit Highest Level Since the Halving: JPMorgan

Ten of the thirteen U.S.-listed miners that the bank tracks outperformed bitcoin last month, the report said.

Racks of crypto mining machines.

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Markets

Tokenization of Real-World Assets is Gaining Momentum, Says Bank of America

Discussions with investors show a growing focus on the tokenization of real world assets, including stocks, bonds, and real estate.

Dubai

Markets

U.S. Added Just 73K Jobs in July, Unemployment Rate Rose to 4.2%

In addition to the weak July number, June's and May's originally reported strong job growth were revised sharply lower.

The U.S. government released its latest jobs figures Friday (David McNew/Getty Images)