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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Finanzas

Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Buys BUILDon Token, Sending the Price Up 1,340%

The token had a market cap of just $40 million before the purchase.

(World Liberty Financial)

Finanzas

Bitcoin Project Roxom Global Raises $17.9M to Build BTC Treasury, Create Media Network

RoxomTV is being built as a media network backed by a 100% bitcoin treasury and currently holds 84.72 BTC

16:9 TV (Pexels/Pixabay)

Mercados

Bitcoin Miners Sold Record Amount of BTC Ahead of May's Price Surge

With hashprice hovering near break-even levels, miners liquidated 115% of April production.

bitcoin miner (Shutterstock)

Mercados

Bitcoin Backs Off Quickly From Record High as Interest Rate Surge Hits Risk Assets

An already under pressure bond market took a further hit following a weak auction of long-term U.S. Treasury debt.

A do not wall crosswalk. (Kai Pilger/Unsplash)

Publicidad

Tecnología

The Protocol: Solana to Get Major Design Overhaul

Also: New Eth Nodes Proposal, Solana Seeker Phone, World Token Sale

Modern ceiling building

Tecnología

Sam Altman’s World Raises $135M in Token Sale to a16z and Bain Capital Crypto

Funds from the venture capital giants will be used for the network's expansion.

Sam Altman (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Mercados

Bitcoin Hits New Record High, Surging to $109.4K

The price surpassed the giddy level hit just hours prior to the inauguration of President Trump on January 20.

(Getty Images)

Tecnología

Solana's Seeker Phone Coming in Early August Along With SKR Token

"SKR will power economy, incentives, and ownership across the ecosystem," said the mobile team at Solana Labs.

Solana Mobile's second generation phone Seeker (Solana Mobile)

Publicidad

Finanzas

Crypto Hedge Fund Temple Capital Hires TradFi Execs as Institutional Demand Grows

Richard Murray, former CEO of crypto asset manager Hilbert Capital, has recently joined Temple Capital as a partner of the firm.

PolySign plans to increase its headcount by 20% to 30%. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Mercados

Bitcoin Mining Profitability Fell in April as Network Hashrate Rose: Jefferies

U.S.-listed miners also produced fewer bitcoin last month than in March.

Racks of crypto mining machines.