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

Vitalik Buterin proposes simpler ‘distributed validator’ staking for Ethereum

The aim is to make staking more resilient while dramatically reducing technical complexity for large ETH holders.

Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk)

Tech

Blockchain technology can accelerate global GDP growth, Citizens says

The bank said the technology is shifting from experimentation to real-world deployment, with implications for capital markets, governments and global GDP.

Abstract blockchain networks illustration with glowing cubes representing digital assets

Markets

Chainlink is one of crypto’s most undervalued infrastructure bets: Bitwise

Chainlink is a dominant software platform quietly powering stablecoins, tokenization, DeFi and institutional adoption across crypto, said Matt Hougan.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan (CoinDesk Archives)

Markets

Not all crypto is equal: Schwab maps where the money actually is in digital assets

A new report from Schwab breaks crypto into 3 layers — networks, infrastructure and products – and says most value is still concentrated at the base.

Charles Schwab building (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

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Finance

Chainlink expands data streams to cover multitrillion-dollar U.S. stock market

The upgrade uses a "pull" model for sub-second updates, allowing more advanced trading logic and avoiding high gas costs.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin plunges below $90,000 amid global risk asset selloff

Ether is the worst performer among the major cryptos, down more than 6% over the past 24 hours and tumbling below $3,000.

CoinDesk

Finance

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

Finance

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.

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Markets

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)

Markets

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)