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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TON Under Pressure After Telegram's Pavel Durov Confirms No xAI Deal Was Signed

"No deal was signed" said Elon Musk, the xAI CEO, in response to an announcement earlier on Wednesday by Telegram's Pavel Durov

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov (TechCrunch Disrupt Europe/Creative Commons)

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Nvidia's Earnings Beat May Help AI-Linked Tokens

The company reported a 69% increase in revenue in the first quarter compared to a year ago.

Nvidia forms 37-member AI security alliance without OpenAI, Anthropic or Google.(Nvidia/CoinDesk Archives)

Политика

UK's FCA Seeks Views on Stablecoins, Crypto Custody to Prevent Firm Failures

The country's market regulator's proposed rules are meant to ensure stablecoins maintain their value and seek to reduce the likelihood of stablecoin and crypto custody companies failing.

UK FCA building (FCA)

Финансы

Bitcoin Platform Mezo Debuts Mainnet to Build Circular BTC Economy

Mezo is built to be a Bitcoin finance platform that enables its users to unlock practical utility in BTC and thus become their own bank

The Bitcoin Whitepaper by Satoshi Nakamoto (Jonathan Borba/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Pulls Back to $107K, but NYDIG Analysis Suggests Market Far From Overheated

A number of indicators suggested the bull market has more room to run, said NYDIG.

(Shutterstock)

Финансы

New Jersey's Bergen County to Tokenize $240B in Real Estate Deeds on Avalanche Network

The wealthy New York City suburb will migrate 370,000 property deeds — representing about $240 billion worth of real estate — onto an immutable, searchable blockchain ledger.

The Avalanche booth at HBC 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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EToro Adds DOGE, XRP, SHIB and 9 Others in U.S. Crypto Push After Nasdaq Debut

The trading platform now offers 15 tokens in the U.S., expanding access as it settles into life as a public company.

EToro (CoinDesk Archives)

Финансы

Conduit Raises $36M to Expand Stablecoin-Based Cross-Border Payments Beyond SWIFT

Stablecoins are one of the fastest-growing sectors in crypto and an increasingly popular tool for global payments, attracting interest from venture capital investments.

U.S. dollar (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Технологии

Privacy Crypto Dero Targeted With New Self-Spreading Malware

The malware spread like a worm and spawned malicious containers after infecting fresh devices.

A hooded figure sits typing on a laptop in a darkened (Pixabay)

Технологии

Square Pilots Real-Time Bitcoin Payments in Vegas, Plans Full Availability to Customers in 2026

The feature would still need regulatory approval in order to be made available to all customers.

Apple Pay image via Wikimedia Commons