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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Finance

CoreSky Raises $15M Series A to Expand Memecoin Incubation Platform

CoreSky’s platform enables user voting to gauge public opinion in the early stages of a meme token's development

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Finance

Michael Saylor’s $200 Trillion Bitcoin Strategy: U.S. BTC Domination and Immortality

Strategy Executive Chair Michael Saylor discusses a U.S. Bitcoin strategic reserve, why securities holders keep him sleepless, and his own economic immortality.

Strategy Chair Michael Saylor portrait

Finance

Derivatives Trading Giant CME Group to Test Tokenization with Google Cloud

The company aims to modernize financial markets through asset tokenization using Google Cloud Universal Ledger.

CME Group Headquarters (CoinDesk Archives)

Finance

Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Confirms Dollar Stablecoin Plans With BitGo

The USD1 token will be fully backed by U.S. government securities and cash, with BitGo providing custody services for the reserves.

President Donald Trump (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

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Markets

KULR Technology Buys Another 56 Bitcoin for $5M, Takes Holdings to 668 BTC

The company's average acquisition cost is now roughly $97,300 per bitcoin.

KULR expands bitcoin holdings to 510 BTC (Jacco Rienks, Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin ATM Business Remained Sluggish Through Bull Market

Bitcoin Depot has booked roughly $3 billion in transactions since its inception in 2016.

A mesmerizing Bitcoin animation, right next to an art gallery. (Credit: Tom Carreras)

Finance

China's CPIC Rolls Out $100M Tokenized Fund with HashKey as RWA Trend Expands in Asia

Asset tokenization is a red-hot sector in crypto as asset managers around the globe are increasingly leveraging blockchain rails for traditional instruments like bonds and funds.

Amanecer en el Puerto de Victoria de Hong Kong, China. (Unsplash)

Markets

Mag 7 Returns Would Improve With Bitcoin Replacing Tesla: StanChart

Bitcoin could be viewed as serving multiple purposes in a tech portfolio, paving the way for more institutional buying, the bank's digital asset research head said.

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Markets

S&P 500 Reclaims 200-Day Moving Average, Providing Tailwind for Bitcoin

Key technical breakouts in equities and crypto signal could signal renewed bullish momentum.

Long/Short Term On Chain Cost Basis (Glassnode)

Tech

Abu Dhabi’s ADGM and Chainlink Partner to Develop Compliant Tokenization Frameworks

The agreement will provide ADGM with access to Chainlink’s blockchain tools and enable regulatory discussions on blockchain, AI, and other emerging technologies.

Abu Dhabi skyscrapers (Nick Fewings/Unsplash)