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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Bitcoin remains subdued as gold races to new record above $5,400 following Jerome Powell remarks

Gold fans rushed in to buy as the Fed chair said he took no macro signal from the raging bull market in precious metals.

Jerome Powell speaking at podium

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Tesla made no changes to bitcoin holdings in Q4 as it booked $239 million digital asset loss

The company's bitcoin stack remained at 11,509 coins, worth about $1 billion at BTC's current price near $89,000.

Elon Musk (jurvetson /CC BY 2.0./Modified by CoinDesk)

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Paxos' gold token rakes in record inflows as crypto investors turn to the yellow metal

Tokenized gold has improved the traditional store of value metal's utility, while bitcoin trades like a risk asset amid uncertain times, one expert noted.

Gold (Unsplash/Zlataky/Modified by CoinDesk)

Financiën

Optimism governance approves OP token buyback plan tied to superchain revenue

The proposal links the OP token more directly to the economic performance of the Superchain.

(Micheile/Unsplash)

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Federal Reserve holds policy steady as early rate cut bets vanish and bitcoin stalls

The January Fed rate decision capped a sharp reversal in easing expectations, likely among the reasons for crypto's poor price performance.

Federal Reserve logo highlighted on a U.S. banknote (joshua-hoehne/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Coinbase rolls out prediction markets to all U.S. customers

The feature, first announced in December, was built in partnership with U.S.-regulated prediction market operator Kalshi.

Coinbase

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Circle shares rise 4% as Polymarket-driven USDC growth prompts analyst upgrade

Mizuho's Dan Dolev revised his bearish outlook on the stablecoin issuer, upgrading the stock to neutral.

Circle logo on a building

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Robinhood CEO says tokenized stocks could prevent another GameStop freeze

Vlad Tenev blamed the buying halt on its app in 2021 on bad infrastructure, a problem that he says tokenization would solve.

Robinhood's Vlad Tenev speaks at Token2049 in Singapore (Token2049)

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Bitcoin treasury firm Strive raises $225 million to pay off loans, buy more bitcoin

The offering of SATA shares was oversubscribed and upsized from the initial $150 million target.

Strive CEO Matt Cole speaks at BTC Asia in Hong Kong (screenshot)

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Tether is buying up to $1 billion of gold per month and storing it in a 'James Bond' bunker

The company's gold purchases are mostly for its own reserves, but also support its XAUT stablecoin.

Stacked gold bars (Scottsdale Mint/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)