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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Mercati

Today's Corporate Bitcoin Holders Could be Tomorrow's Forced Sellers: StanChart

Sixty-one corporate treasuries now hold a combined 3.2% of the total bitcoin supply.

Standard Chartered logo on the side of a building.

Finanza

British Pound-Linked Stablecoin Unveiled at BCP Technologies

The FCA-registered firm is claiming the first issuance of a UK-regulated stablecoin denominated in British pound sterling, Tokenised GBP (tGBP).

Union Jack Flag of Great Britain against a Blue Sky

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K33 Executes First Bitcoin Purchase Under New Treasury Strategy

The initial 10 BTC acquisition signals long-term commitment to bitcoin integration, said the Sweden-based digital asset brokerage and research firm.

Bull statue (Pixabay)

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XRP Ledger Payments Count Falls to Lowest Since October as XRP Fails to Keep With Bitcoin

The outlook remains positive with strategic partnerships expected to boost institutional adoption.

Bitcoin memepool nearly empty. (geralt/Pixabay)

Pubblicità

Finanza

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)

Politiche

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)

Finanza

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)

Pubblicità

Finanza

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