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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Mercados

Crypto traders brace for Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech

One analyst expects Warsh to take a tough line on inflation, but still sees the Fed holding off on rate hikes until at least after the November mid-term elections.

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh speaks during a news conference

Finanças

Live updates: Bitcoin trades near $80,000 as stocks close with gains

U.S. spot bitcoin funds have taken in $2.8 billion since the run began, and ether ETFs are matching it day for day. Three sessions are left to make August their best month since October 2025.

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Mercados

Nvidia shares rise after earnings top estimates, guides to $108 billion in revenue next quarter

The tech bellwether reported fiscal second-quarter results after the bell on Wednesday.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (Nvidia)

Finanças

Live updates: Bitcoin trades in tight range above $78,000 as Nvidia tops estimates

Markets are now looking ahead to Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's keynote speech at the Jackson Hole conference on Friday.

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Publicidade

Política

Zerohash back for second effort at OCC trust bank charter

The crypto infrastructure firm failed to get approval when it first sought a U.S. charter, and the company is quickly back with what it said would be a narrower effort.

Jonathan Gould (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finanças

South Korea trade giant POSCO brings trade receivables to Avalanche in latest tokenization move

The $22 billion trading company worked with Olea and Intain on the transaction, following an Injective pilot with LG CNS last month.

The Avalanche booth at HBC 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tecnologia

A 3% token move just triggered $36 million in Ethereum DeFi liquidations

One wallet bought heavily into a yield token, which pushed the price of its paired principal token down just enough to trigger liquidations across borrowers using it as collateral.

Cash in hand burning. (Jp Valery/Unsplash)

Finanças

Live updates: Bitcoin settles in under $80,000, with interest rates headed lower on Tuesday

Spot bitcoin funds took in $337.56 million on Aug. 24, extending an unbroken run of inflows that has now put real money behind a rally that started with a short squeeze.

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Publicidade

Mercados

Bitcoin hits $80,000 for the first time since May as crypto recovery accelerates

BTC has now surged 38% following its June plunge as shifting U.S. Treasury policy helped bring buyers back to crypto, rejuvenating ETF demand.

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Finanças

Tom Lee's Bitmine buys $81 million of ETH in largest weekly haul since early July

The treasury firm stepped up its ETH buying as Tom Lee said the crypto’s 30% weekly rally could signal a larger move ahead.

Tom Lee, chairman of Bitmine and cofounder of Fundstrat, speaking at Consensus 2026 in Miami (CoinDesk)