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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Markten

GameStop Bitcoin Pivot Spurs Social Media Chatter as Stock Soars 16%

The gaming retailer will spend some of its $4.8 billion cash holdings to buy bitcoin and stablecoins, sparking discussions around how much it will actually buy.

A GameStop store (CoinDesk Archive)

Markten

Bitcoin Rally Reverses Despite Supposedly Bullish GameStop News

At least one analyst questioned why GameStop's plan to buy bitcoin was necessarily a good thing.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on March 26 (CoinDesk)

Markten

99% of Crypto Tokens Are Going to Zero: Fund Manager

Money managers in crypto are able to use trading strategies that stopped working in TradFi more than a decade ago.

CoinDesk

Technologie

Ethereum’s Final Pectra Test Goes Live on Hoodi Network

The upgrade is the last of three tests, and developers previously agreed they would schedule Pectra 30 days from Wednesday if the test ran smoothly.

Ethereum blockchain symbol abstract crystal

Advertentie

Financiën

Crypto Exchange Bitso Launches Stablecoin Business, Eyeing LatAm Cross-Border Payments

The newly established subsidiary, Juno, will first issue a Mexican peso stablecoin on Ethereum layer-2 Arbitrum.

Mexico flag (Unsplash)

Financiën

FalconX Said to Have Suffered Wave of Senior Staff Departures, Including General Counsel, European Head

A total of 10-15 people have left the business recently, two sources said.

FalconX CEO Raghu Yarlagadda (FalconX)

Markten

GameStop to Add Bitcoin to Balance Sheet

Company CEO Ryan Cohen had teased possible purchases weeks ago, notably sharing a photo of himself and Strategy's Michael Saylor at a Mar-a-Lago event

(John Smith/VIEWpress)

Financiën

Blockchain Data Provider Chronicle Raises $12M to Expand Infrastructure for Tokenized Assets

Blockchain oracles like Chronicle are key piece of infrastructure to connect blockchain-based assets with off-chain data.

Stylized network of light focii covering Earth (geralt/Pixabay)

Advertentie

Financiën

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)

Financiën

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