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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CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: NEAR Gains 4.8% as Index Rallies

Uniswap was also among the leaders in overnight trading.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-09-17: leaders

Finance

A New Prediction Market Raises $3M in Pre-Seed Round Led by 1confirmation

Unlike industry leader Polymarket, Limitless isn't focusing on the election. It's carving out a niche with bets that expire quickly and with user-created markets.

Like a horse track, Limitless Network wants bettors to come back daily. (Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images)

Finance

Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Plans Another $700M Convertible Note Issuance

The company just days ago announced the purchase of $1.1 billion worth of bitcoin, bringing its holdings to 244,800 tokens.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Policy

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele to Present Debt-Free Budget for 2025

Bukele spoke during the commemoration of 203 years of El Salvador independence.

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. (Government of El Salvador, modified by CoinDesk)

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Policy

SEC Places Heavier Scrutiny on Binance's Token Listing, Trading Process in Proposed Amended Complaint

The SEC filed its proposed amended complaint against Binance on Thursday with a greater emphasis on the exchange's token listing process.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Spanish Crypto Exchange Bit2Me Obtains License in Argentina as a Virtual Asset Service Provider

The registry, launched in March by Argentina's National Securities Commission, already has 79 approvals.

Bit2Me CEO, Leif Ferreira. (Bit2Me)

Markets

Bitcoin Eyes $60K and Likely Has More Room to Rally, Analyst Says

The key variable for risk assets is the U.S. economy as concerns of a recession linger, crypto investment firm Ryze Labs said.

Bitcoin price on Sept. 13 (CoinDesk)

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Markets

Bitcoin Left Out as Stocks, Bonds and Gold Party on Global Monetary Easing

The crypto might need more than some modest rate cuts to embark on a new bull run.

Bitcoin excluded from rate cutting party (Unsplash/Getty images)

Markets

Polygon's POL (MATIC) Token Spikes 15% on Binance Listing

Polygon introduced last week POL. the upgraded version the network's token, migrating from its longstanding MATIC with some tokenomics changes.

Polygon's POL price (CoinDesk)