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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Política

Semler Scientific Settles DOJ Probe, Says Ready to Buy More Bitcoin

In a Tuesday filing, the company said it had reached a loan agreement with crypto exchange Coinbase allowing it to borrow money — using its bitcoin stockpile as collateral — to pay the settlement.

Department of Justice (Getty Images/Dragon Claws)

Finanças

Securitize Acquires MG Stover's Unit to Become Largest Digital Asset Fund Administrator

The deal expands Securitize Fund Services' offerings and brings its assets under administration to over $38 billion across 715 funds, the company said.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo (Securitize)

Mercados

Janover Takes Page From Saylor Playbook, Doubling SOL Stack to $20M as Stock Soars 1700%

Former Kraken executives led by Joseph Onorati took over the real estate-focused fintech company aiming to become the first U.S.-listed firm with treasury strategy centered on Solana.

Janover's stock is taking off following its crypto pivot (Getty Images/Daniel Garrido)

Mercados

Bitcoin for Balance Sheet: Another Japanese Firm Mulls Michael Saylor's BTC Strategy

A Tokyo-listed company is looking to raise funds to buy bitcoin, expanding the trend in Japan of adopting BTC as a corporate treasury asset.

Tokyo, Japan (Jaison Lin/Unsplash)

Publicidade

Finanças

Binance's Potential Zcash Delisting Met With Dismay From Industry Heavyweights

The token appeared on a Binance delisting list alongside FTX's FTT token.

(Nghia Do Thanh/Unsplash)

Mercados

Applied Digital Tumbles 30% on Revenue Miss; Plans Selling Cloud Computing Unit

The Texas company, which pivoted from crypto mining to high-performance computing, said it will sell its cloud computing business to struggling cloud computing business.

Crypto mining machines (lmstockwork/Shutterstock)

Mercados

MSTR vs. MSTY: Growth or Income? A 12-Month Showdown

MSTY’s portfolio consists primarily of U.S. Treasury bills, cash, and short-term call options on MSTR, allowing it to synthetically replicate exposure without directly owning the stock.


Finanças

Ethena Agrees With Regulator to Withdraw From German Market

All existing users will be onboarded to Ethena's entity in the British Virgin Islands.

A German flag surrounded by euro banknotes (Bartolomiej Pietrzyk/Shutterstock)

Publicidade

Finanças

Zero Hash Processed $2B in Flows to Tokenized Funds as RWA Demand Accelerates

The infrastructure provider underpins tokenized funds by BlackRock, Franklin Templeton and Republic facilitating stablecoin settlements across 22 blockchains.

Zero Hash Founder on Expanding to DeFi and NFTs After Raising $35M

Mercados

XRP Most Likely to Get U.S. Spot ETF Approval Ahead of SOL, DOGE: Analysts

Data from Kaiko Indices shows XRP and SOL boast the deepest 1% market depth on vetted exchanges, with XRP surging past SOL since late 2024 and doubling Cardano’s ADA in liquidity.

ETF (viarami/Pixabay)