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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Finans

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)

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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)

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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)

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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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Finans

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)

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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)

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Bitcoin Drops Below $27K as Investors Continue to Weigh Debt Ceiling Talks, Regulatory Actions

Early morning gains for the crypto were quickly erased in Thursday afternoon trading.

(Shutterstock)

Finans

Coinbase Officially Opens Subscription Service; Expands Reach Outside U.S.

Coinbase One is now out of beta and includes the U.K., Germany and Ireland, in addition to the U.S.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)

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Finans

Coinbase Says it 'Screwed Up' Pepecoin Coverage in Its Newsletter

The crypto exchange set off a kerfuffle by describing the Pepe the Frog meme as having been co-opted as a hate symbol by alt-right groups.

Pepe the Frog Meme Gallery (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finans

U.S. CPI Inflation Falls to 4.9% in April; Bitcoin Rises Above $28K

The Federal Reserve last week suggested it could pause its long series of rate hikes even as inflation remains well above its 2% target.

Poor inflation data hits markets (Getty Images)