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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Finanza

Tom Lee's Bitmine Immersion wins investor backing to expand share limit

The company now holds 4.203 million ETH, 193 BTC, a $22 million stake in Eightco Holdings, and nearly $1 billion in cash.

Tom Lee

Finanza

TenX adds Tezos to its crypto treasury, targets staking revenue after buying 5.5M XTZ

The public blockchain infrastructure firm said it expects Tezos staking yields in the high single digits and plans to disclose rewards in its financial reporting.

CoinDesk

Mercati

Japan bond market panic spills into crypto; 'yields will keep rising until something breaks'

Donald Trump, Greenland and EU trade tensions are grabbing most of the headlines, but financial pros are eyeing Tuesday's shocking surge in Japanese bond yields.

Bitcoin plunges below $40K (Eva Blue/Unsplash)

Mercati

Michael Saylor's Strategy purchases another $2.13 billion in bitcoin

The company now holds 709,715 bitcoin, acquired for nearly $54 billion.

Strategy Executive Chaiman Michael Saylor (Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Modified by CoinDesk)

Pubblicità

Mercati

Large bitcoin holders buy the most coins since the FTX collapse of 2022

The so-called Fish-to-Shark cohort added 110,000 BTC over the past 30 days, according to Glassnode.

CoinDesk

Mercati

Wall Street integration will power crypto’s next phase, says Fidelity Digital Assets

Infrastructure, institutions and advisors are laying the groundwork for a structural shift in global finance.

Wall street signs, traffic light, New York City

Tecnologie

Tom Lee's BitMine pushes Ethereum into $8 billion staking backlog

New validators now need to wait more than 44 days to start earning staking rewards, the biggest backlog since late July 2023.

People standing in a line, silhouetted against a large window.

Mercati

Bitcoin pulls back to $94,300 as U.S. stocks sink, precious metals tumble

A selloff in precious metals and lower U.S. stocks appeared to be denting crypto sentiment.

Tug of war (Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk)

Pubblicità

Finanza

Crypto card spending hits $18 billion annualized as stablecoin use shifts to everyday payments

Artemis research shows crypto credit and debit card spending is now rivaling peer-to-peer stablecoin transfers, with Visa capturing most on-chain volume through early infrastructure partnerships.

Crypto card payments. (Photo by Thriday on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Mercati

Riot Platforms surges 11% as lease deal with AMD marks major AI infrastructure pivot

The company sold nearly $100 million of bitcoin to fund the purchase of its 200-acre Rockdale site and signed a leasing agreement with Advanced Micro Devices that could deliver $1 billion in revenue.

AI data centers: (Shutterstock)