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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Kalshi’s Luana Lopes Lara Becomes Youngest Female Self-Made Billionaire

A recent $1 billion funding round led by Paradigm puts Kalshi co-founders Luana Lopes Lara and Tarek Mansour on the billionaire list.

Kalshi co-founders Luana Lopes Lara and Tarek Mansour (Kalshi)

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Cardano’s Biggest Players Unite Behind 70M ADA Push to Spark On-Chain Growth

Funds will be allocated to developing stablecoins, credible oracle feeds, cross-chain bridges, custody integrations, and analytics tooling, among other enhancements.

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IREN Investors Mull Outlook After $3.6B Capital Raise as Jim Cramer Says 'Sell'

The bitcoin miner turned AI compute provider tumbled on Tuesday and is now down nearly 50% over the past month.

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Bitcoin Ricochets Around $93K at Pivotal Point; Circle, Gemini Lead Crypto Stock Rebound

Bitcoin shot up 10% in two days, but it's stalling at around the 2025 yearly open.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on Dec. 3 (CoinDesk)

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Jane Street Leads $105M Funding for Antithesis, a Testing Tool Used by Ethereum Network

Antithesis said its Series A will scale deterministic simulation testing, replaying complex failures exactly for crypto and other always-on systems.

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

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Babylon’s Trustless Vaults to Add Native Bitcoin-Backed Lending Through Aave

Babylon is also planning to introduce Bitcoin-backed DeFi insurance, letting BTC holders earn yield while underwriting risk against hacks and exploits.

David Tse, co-founder of Babylon (Bradley Keoun, modified by CoinDesk)

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IBIT Among Most-Traded ETFs as Bitcoin Surges; Mining Stocks Sink

A 6% rally in bitcoin helped push IBIT ahead of major funds like VOO, but crypto miners including IREN and CIFR posted steep losses.

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Trump-Backed American Bitcoin Plunges 40% on Heavy Volume, Dragging Hut 8 Lower by 12%

The collapse marks yet another disappointing Trump family crypto-related investment.

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AI Investment to Drive Global Growth Through 2026, BofA Says

Bitcoin miners have been among those riding the AI boom, with IREN and Cipher Mining up over 300% in 2025.

Bank of America billboard in Times Square. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Bitcoin Surges Back Above $91K as Support Builds in $80K-$85K Area

Helping the mood in crypto were moves by institutional giants Vanguard and Bank of America to open up digital assets to their clients.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on Dec. 2 (CoinDesk)