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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Markets

BNB Swings 4% in 24 Hours, Testing $800 Resistance

BNB saw significant trading volume, with over 146,000 tokens traded in a single hour during the initial rally.

BNB price analysis (CoinDesk Data)

Markets

Crypto Exchange Bullish Seeks $4.8B Valuation in Upsized IPO Backed by BlackRock and Ark Invest

The company plans to sell 30 million shares at a price of $32 to $33 a share versus the previous range of $28 to $31.

Bullish founder and CEO Tom Farley in 2016. (Matthew Eisman/Getty Images)

Finance

BitMine's ETH Holdings Near $5B After Latest Purchase; BMNR Tops Big Names in Trading Volume

The company aims to acquire 5% of all ether supply, worth around $25 billion at current prices.

Screenshot of Tom Lee on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

Markets

CEA Industries Becomes Largest Corporate Holder of BNB With $160M Buy

The acquisition comes shortly after the firm closed a $500 million private placement led by 10X Capital and YZi Labs.

A pair of hands resting on a keyboard with an iPad showing graphs and price quotes. (Kanchanara/Unsplash)

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Markets

Michael Saylor's Strategy Adds $18M of Bitcoin on Five-Year Anniversary of First Purchase

Five years after going all-in on bitcoin, Strategy’s aggressive treasury strategy delivers outsized gains and reshapes corporate bitcoin adoption.

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy (Michael.com)

Markets

Aptos' APT Rises 7% as Bulls Take Control

Support has formed in the $4.61-$4.66 zone with resistance at the $4.72 level.

APT Surges 6.37% in Volatile 24-Hour Rally Ahead of Terminal Hour Reversal Amid Institutional Backing

Markets

SEC Green Light on Liquid Staking Sends ETH Past $4K, Spurs Broad Staking and Layer-2 Rally

Regulatory clarity fuels surging prices across Ethereum’s staking ecosystem, with layer-2 tokens and optimistic rollup projects posting double-digit weekly gains.

ETH/USD (TradingView)

Markets

Coinbase Adds DEX Trading to U.S. Platform in Push Toward Becoming an ‘Everything App’

The crypto exchange adds on-chain DEX trading to its app, routing orders through aggregators like 0x and 1inch.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

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Markets

Ether Soars Above $4K for First Time Since December

At the same time, bitcoin is seeing flattish price action, pushing the ETH/BTC ratio to nearly its highest level of the year.

Nasa rocket (CoinDesk Archives)

Markets

Gold Futures Hit Record on U.S. Tariffs, Possibly Boosting Safe-Haven Case for Bitcoin

Gold’s surge has often preceded gains in BTC as both assets attract safe-haven flows during macro uncertainty.

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