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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Policy

The next Fed chair has crypto exposure in his portfolio. Here are the details

Kevin Warsh's financial disclosure reveals stakes in DeFi protocols, Ethereum scaling networks, a Bitcoin Lightning startup, and prediction markets — all of which he's promised to sell.

Kevin Warsh

Finance

Rakuten to allow XRP to be used as payment method by its 44 million customers

Rakuten Pay users will also be able to spot trade XRP via the Rakuten Pay app and exchange the Japanese e-commerce giant’s points to purchase Ripple’s token

Rakuten headquarters. (Akonnchiroll/Wikimedia Commons)

Tech

Ethereum Foundation unveils $1M audit subsidy program to boost crypto security and cut costs for builders

The new initiative aims to address a persistent challenge in crypto development—the high cost of smart contract security audits.

Graphic showing ethereum symbol on a grid with screens.

Markets

Bitcoin climbs to highest level since Feb. 5 crash that sent price plunging to $60,000

Optimism over developments in the Middle East sparked a sharp decline in oil prices and rallies across risk markets.

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Markets

Why Cantor Fitzgerald thinks Robinhood and Coinbase are the best ways to play the prediction market boom

Cantor Fitzgerald says Robinhood and Coinbase are best positioned to dominate the prediction market space by leveraging their massive retail scale and existing trading infrastructure.

Prediction markets

Markets

Bitcoin rises to one-month high above $75,000 as analysts eye major breakout

Several crypto market experts explain what might happen if bitcoin manages to hold $75,000, and if it does not.

Bitcoin bus (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)

Finance

Tether introduces crypto wallet to bring stablecoin and bitcoin payments directly to users

The stablecoin issuer's crypto wallet lets users send digital dollars, tokenized gold and bitcoin without intermediaries or gas tokens across multiple blockchains.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino at White House

Markets

This little-known token just posted a 6,000% rally — and traders are trying to figure out why

RAVE’s sudden surge into crypto’s top ranks has drawn intense attention, with a mix of unusual trading patterns, tight supply and market dynamics fueling debate over what’s really behind the move.

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Markets

Bitcoin erases weekend decline, returns to $73,400 as oil retreats back under $100

Risk assets shrugged off the failed weekend negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, and the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

Oil tanker at sea. (Gerhard Traschütz/Pixabay)

Policy

Coinbase VP of international policy leaves for OpenAI

Tom Duff Gordon exited to join OpenAI as head of EMEA Policy, a spokesperson for Coinbase said.

Tom Duff Gordon shares a joke with former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg and former chancellor George Osborne (Coinbase)