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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Markets

Live markets: bitcoin slides to new monthly low below $75,000 on report of strikes against Iran

Memory chip stocks are attracting capital and attention, with crypto markets settling into apathy.

Bitcoin

Finance

SoFi brings bank-issued stablecoin to 15 million users in crypto push

The fintech platform says its dollar-backed stablecoin will let members trade, transfer and eventually earn yield through its banking app.

SoFi (Shutterstock)

Finance

Bermuda, the small island nation with huge crypto ambitions

The government recently announced it would become the world’s first economy to go fully onchain, a move officials believe will bring its people new opportunities.

Bermuda (Kino/Unsplash)

Tech

Coinbase’s Base launches AI tool for ChatGPT to manage crypto wallets and DeFi apps

The product, called Base MCP, connects a user’s Base Account to AI clients such as ChatGPT, Claude and Cursor using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an emerging standard that allows AI systems to securely interface with external tools and applications.

Jesse Pollak (courtesy Winni Wintermeyer/Coinbase)

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Markets

TeraWulf jumps 13% on AI data center expansion in Kentucky

The bitcoin miner turned HPC infrastructure developer unveiled plans for a new 1 gigawatt facility in Kentucky aimed at servicing AI workloads.

Bitcoin miners (Shutterstock)

Markets

Live markets: bitcoin leads crypto slide even as tech sector closes sharply higher

Oil prices and bond yields opened the week sharply lower following President Trump's weekend announcement of an imminent Middle East agreement.

Bitcoin price chart on a screen (Behnam Norouzi/Unsplash)

Finance

Bitmine made its largest ETH purchase this year despite Tom Lee's slowdown suggestion

The company bought 111,942 ether last week worth $237 million, ramping up purchases to take advantage of ETH's drop below $2,200.

Tom Lee on the Mainstage at Consensus Miami 2026

Markets

Strive acquires 1,109 bitcoin, raising total holdings to 16,500 coins

ASST climbs 133% in three months as Strive grows holdings to 16,500 BTC and explores fresh capital raising options.

Strive CEO Matt Cole speaks at BTC Asia in Hong Kong (screenshot)

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Markets

Strategy taps cash reserve to retire $1.5 billion in convertible debt

Michael Saylor and team funded the repurchases using cash as it restructures liabilities tied to its BTC treasury strategy.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor standing. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk))

Finance

Prometheum bets Wall Street distribution is the missing link for tokenized securities

Crypto has solved tokenization, but not distribution and Prometheum says broker-dealers and RIAs are the key to bringing digital assets into mainstream finance.

Road sign saying "Wall Street"