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 Mining Stocks Lead Crypto Equity Gains After BTC Hits $122K

Bitcoin ascended to an all-time high just shy of $123,00 during the European morning.

A photo of four mining rigs

Markets

'Regime Change' at Fed? Crypto Rallies as Pressure Mounts on Chairman Jerome Powell

The White House's campaign for new Federal Reserve leadership amped higher over the weekend.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. (Federal Reserve, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Binance Wallet Takes on Pump.fun and Bonk.fun With New Four.Meme Partnership

Users can exit early by selling back into the bonding curve before the event ends, assuming there’s demand.

Binance logo on a smartphone (Vadim Artyukhin/Unsplash)

Markets

Tether/Circle Stablecoin Supply Growth Signals Strong Liquidity Backing Crypto Rally

The market capitalization of the two largest stablecoins — USDT and USDC — reached new records this week, a sign that capital is flowing into digital asset markets.

USDT and USDC combined market capitalization (CoinDesk Data)

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Markets

Coinbase Shares Shrug Off Double Downgrade to Close Higher on Crypto Rally

H.C. Wainwright downgraded the crypto exchange to sell from buy, taking note of slowing spot trading activity and an overdone rally.

Coinbase app on a mobile phone screen.

Markets

MARA Holdings Names Ex-Blue River Exec as CPO to Lead Productization of Energy Tech

Nir Rikovitch is joining the bitcoin miner to scale up the firm’s technological offerings.

ASIC miner (Credit: Getty Images, Nikolay Tsuguliev)

Finance

German State Lender NRW.BANK Issues €100M Blockchain Bond on Polygon

The German state bank’s crypto bond on Polygon marks a pivotal step in Europe’s tokenized capital market adoption, according to a press release.

Flag of Germany with Euro notes.

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Markets

Bitmine Immersion Stock Sheds Another 20% After $2B ATM Offering

The company may sell up to $2 billion in stock through Cantor Fitzgerald and ThinkEquity in flexible at-the-market deals, according to a Wednesday filing.

Ethereum blockchain symbol abstract crystal

Markets

Coinbase Partners With Perplexity AI to Bring Real-Time Crypto Market Data to Traders

The tie-up will allow users to dig into market trends, monitor price action and explore token fundamentals.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)