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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Marchés

Coinbase Shares Could See $16B of Buying Pressure From S&P 500 Index Inclusion: Bernstein

The exchange is the first and only crypto company to join the S&P 500 index.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Finance

Asset Manager VanEck Joins Tokenization Race With U.S. Treasury Fund Token

The tokenized U.S. Treasury fund was developed with tokenization firm Securitize and has launched on the Avalanche, BNB Chain, Ethereum and Solana networks.

Jan van Eck, president and CEO of asset manager VanEck, speaks at Consensus Invest 2018 (CoinDesk)

Marchés

U.S. CPI Rose Less Than Expected 0.2% in April; Annual Pace Slips to Four-Year Low

The headline year-over-year pace edged down to 2.3% and the core rate was flat at 2.8%.

Two paper carrier bags of fresh fruit and baked products. (Maria Lin Kim/Unsplash)

Marchés

Penny Stocks Attempt to Ride Crypto's Coattails

Microcaps are announcing crypto treasury plans in an attempt to mimic Strategy's approach.

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Marchés

Bitcoin Falls Below $102K; Easing of Tariff Risk Could See More Underperformance

After one month of eye-popping gains, fattened bulls are lightening up after the U.S. and China announced a trade truce.

Bitstamp reversed course. (Peter Hermus/Getty images)

Marchés

Here's Why ICON Rebranded to SODAX and Abandoned its Layer-1

Crypto might now be in the outsourcing phase of capitalism.

(Oleksandr Sushko/Unsplash)

Finance

Anchorage Digital to Acquire USDM Issuer Mountain Protocol in Stablecoin Expansion Move

The deal aims to strengthen Anchorage Digital’s role in the institutional stablecoin ecosystem, CEO Nathan McCauley said.

Anchorage CEO: Regulation Is 'Fundamentally Bullish' for Crypto Space

Finance

David Bailey's Nakamoto Holdings Going Public Via Merger With KindlyMD; Shares Soar 650%

The company has raised $710 million to pursue its bitcoin treasury strategy.

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Marchés

Strategy Makes $1.34B Bitcoin Buy, Adding Another 13,390 BTC

The Michael Saylor-led company now holds 568,840 bitcoin.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor standing. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk))

Marchés

Bitcoin Challenges $105K on Positive Weekend Macro Headlines

"Many things discussed, much agreed to," said President Trump of today's trade negotiations with China.

Close up image of Donald Trump speaking at lectern