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

Tokenization firm Superstate raises $82.5 million to bring Wall Street onchain

With the new funding, the company aims to bring IPOs and fundraising onto blockchain rails like Ethereum and Solana.

Robert Leshner, CEO of Superstate (Superstate)

Markets

BlackRock-linked wallets move over $430 million in bitcoin, ether to Coinbase Prime

Onchain data shows sizable bitcoin and ether movements tied to BlackRock’s spot ETFs, echoing earlier January flows tied to creation and redemption activity.

The BlackRock company logo is seen outside of its NYC headquarters. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin moves back to $90,000 as Trump pulls tariff threat after 'productive meeting' with NATO chief

"The solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the U.S. and all NATO nations," said President Trump in a Truth Social post.

Donald Trump at Davos (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Markets

BlackRock’s IBIT powers new bitcoin annuity for U.S. retirees via Delaware Life

The first-of-its-kind FIA, according to the companies, offers crypto exposure with principal protection, aiming to attract cautious investors near retirement.

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Markets

Bitcoin turns negative for 2026 as Trump's calming Greenland remarks fail to reverse slide

There was a modest bounce after the president said the U.S. had no intention of taking Greenland by force, but prices quickly resumed their decline.

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Tech

The Protocol: Staked ETH exit queue moves down to zero

Also: Neobanks trending, DVT staking proposal and Solayer $35M fund

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Finance

Fast-food chain Steak n Shake to pay hourly workers a bitcoin bonus

This follows news from a few days ago that the company added $10 million worth of bitcoin to its corporate treasury.

(Ilya Mashkov/Unsplash)

Finance

Ondo Finance Brings 200+ Tokenized U.S. Stocks and ETFs to Solana

The expansion comes as tokenized real-world assets continue to gain traction across crypto markets.

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Markets

Wall Street analyst defends Michael Saylor's Strategy after stock trades 64% below his lofty price target

Analyst Lance Vitanza noted the role of the company’s preferred equity in last week’s $2.1 billion bitcoin purchase.

MicroStrategy

Tech

Vitalik Buterin proposes simpler ‘distributed validator’ staking for Ethereum

The aim is to make staking more resilient while dramatically reducing technical complexity for large ETH holders.

Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk)