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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Tech

Monad’s Fast EVM Chain Promises ‘Night and Day’ Performance Gains

CoinDesk sat down with Monad Foundation’s Director of Growth Kevin McCordic to talk about the architecture behind the blockchain.

Monad Labs is looking to provide faster EVM processing than Ethereum. (Julian Hochgesang/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Miner Bitdeer's AI Pivot Earns Price Target Hike at Benchmark

The company's move to bring data center development in-house strengthens its AI and mining strategy, and accelerates monetization, said analyst Mark Palmer

Bitcoin mining machines (Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Tom Lee's Bitmine Immersion Adds $800M of Ether, Bringing ETH Holdings Over $13B

The digital asset treasury bubble might have burst, as chairman Thomas Lee said, but the firm added over $1.6 billion worth of ETH during the crypto correction.

Screenshot of Tom Lee on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

Markets

CleanSpark Joins AI Rush in Expansion Beyond Bitcoin Mining

The company hired industry veteran Jeffrey Thomas to lead new AI data center division.

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Markets

'Deploying More Capital — Steady Lads': Bitcoin Treasury Companies Struggle to Halt Plunge

Already losing favor with investors when bitcoin was in bull mode, companies built around stacking BTC are facing an even larger threat thanks to the price collapse over the past two weeks.

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Finance

Bitcoin-Holding Institutions Seeking Yield, DeFi Capabilities

Projects such as Rootstock and Babylon may be perking institutional demand for Bitcoin-based yield and restaking

Bitcoin treasuries (CoinDesk)

Policy

State of Crypto: How to Square Decentralized Finance With Regulatory Compliance

Are these two ideas compatible? That question directed a conversation at this week's D.C. Fintech Week.

U.S. Congress (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Huobi Founder Li Lin to Lead $1B Ether Treasury Firm: Bloomberg

Li Lin’s Avenir Capital is said to be teaming up with Asia's crypto pioneers to build a regulated vehicle focused on ether accumulation.

Hong Kong harbor during a sunrise (Manson Yim/Unsplash)

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Markets

Gold's Record Frenzy Spurs Tokenized Gold’s $1B Daily Volume

Investors are increasingly tapping gold-backed crypto tokens for active trading and hedging, a CEX.io report said.

Close-up of stacked gold bars. (Jingming Pan/Unsplash)

Markets

Recent Fedspeak Confirms Intentions for Rate Cuts to Contiue: BofA

There appeared to be consensus around growing labor market risks even as sticky inflation remains an issue.

Bank of America headquarters in New York. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/VIEWpress)