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

U.S. Treasury Sanctions North Korean-Owned Binance Wallets; Says Entities Used Funds to Support WMD Programs

The Binance-hosted wallets received more than $2 million worth of various cryptocurrencies that were then sent on to North Korean entities, OFAC alleged

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Jumps to Key Price Resistance as Hong Kong Opens Crypto Trading for Retail Investors

The crypto's short-term outlook also may depend on the ongoing U.S. debt ceiling drama.

(Ellen Qin/Unsplash)

Finance

Multicoin Leads $2.3M FastLane VC Deal, Continuing Its Bet on MEV Infrastructure

The crypto-focused investment firm has now backed three projects centered around maximal extractable value (MEV), a way for validators to earn extra money from traders.

Multicoin's Kyle Samani (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Dash Blockchain Halts, Binance Pool Suspends Mining Rewards

The blockchain behind oldest privacy coin stopped after a failed hard fork, with the chain reportedly split in two.

(Henrik Sorensen/GettyImages)

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Finance

Seeking Grants Deal with Osmosis, Privacy Blockchain Namada Proposes Airdrop

Ahead of its mainnet launch Namada’s builders are trying to ink an array of tech and token partnerships.

Osmosis Labs co-founder Sunny Aggarwal (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

U.S. Debt Deal Could Weigh On Bitcoin Price, Some Say

The Treasury's efforts to build back cash balances after resolution of the debt limit situation might suck out dollar liquidity from system, pushing bitcoin lower.

US Capital building (Matt Anderson/Getty Images)

Markets

Demand for Tokenized Treasury Bonds Soars as Crypto Investors Chase TradFi Yield

The combined market capitalization of tokenized money market funds is nearing $500 million as high yields in traditional markets attract crypto capital.

Digitally altered photo of a dollar bill (Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Hovers Below $27K as Fed Chair Powell Makes Modestly Dovish Comments

Nearly 4 out of 5 traders now expect the U.S. central bank to pause its series of rate hikes at its upcoming June meeting.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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Finance

Vega Token Rallies Ahead of Protocol Possibly Going Live Monday

The platform is awaiting an expected approval from the community, said Vega’s co-founder.

(CoinGeko)

Markets

Bitcoin in Stasis Below $27K Ahead of Powell Speech

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will speak late Friday morning at the "Perspectives on Monetary Policy" panel before the Thomas Laubach Research Conference.

(Kevin Dietsch/Staff/GrettyImages/PhotoMosh)