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

Bitcoin Miners Notch Gains as Meta Signs 20-Year AI Deal With Nuclear Plant

The group may also be benefitting from a modest rise in the price of bitcoin on Tuesday.

Nuclear power plant (Getty Images/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Miner MARA Holdings Posts Record Block Wins, Produces 950 BTC in May

The company's bitcoin output rose 35% month-over-month, hitting its highest level since the 2024 halving.

bitcoin miner (Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto-Friendly Bank Revolut Eyes Expansion Into Derivatives

Revolut is recruiting a general manager of crypto derivatives who will be tasked with taking a new related offering "from zero to scale."

16:9 Revolut (A. Aleksandravicius/Shutterstock)

Markets

Riot Platforms Boosts Bitcoin Output to 514 BTC as Hashrate and Expansion Plans Ramp Higher

The bitcoin miner also advanced plans to build massive data centers in Texas to support AI workloads.

ASIC miner (Credit: Shutterstock)

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Markets

SUI Surges 5% Before Erasing Gains Amid Crypto Volatility

The native token of the layer-1 blockchain platform broke key resistance on increased trading volume and bullish momentum, but erased some of its gains later.

SUI exhibited a notable 5.2% volatility range ($0.17) over the 24-hour period.

Markets

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.

Finance

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

Markets

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.

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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)

Finance

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)