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

Tokenized Gold Market Nears $3B as Bullion Blasts to Fresh Record Highs

Tether's XAUT and Paxos' PAXG, the two largest gold-backed tokens, posted record monthly trading volumes in September as spot gold pushed above $3,800.

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Tech

Firedancer Devs From Jump Crypto Push Solana Toward Bigger Blocks

Jump Crypto’s Firedancer development team has submitted a proposal, known as SIMD-0370, that would remove the block-level compute unit limit.

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Markets

Leveraged Bitcoin Longs are Back in Force, Trading Firm Says

BTC's perpetual open interest and funding rates are rising again, QCP Capital noted.

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Markets

Bitcoin Surges Above $114K as Traders Look Ahead to 'Uptober'

Following last week's big swoon, crypto markets returned to tracking gains in stocks and gold.

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Finance

Algorand Foundation Names Former Ripple Engineer Nikolaos Bougalis CTO

The hire marks a push to scale Algorand’s tech stack and deepen the company's U.S. presence.

Algorand Foundation Launches $300M DeFi Innovation Fund

Finance

BitMine Immersion ETH Holdings Rise to 2.66M Tokens, More Than 2% of Total Supply

Crypto, cash and "moonshot" on the balance sheet now total $11.6 billion, said the company.

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Tech

Luke Dashjr Denies Hard Fork Claims as Bitcoin Governance Debate Heats Up

The Bitcoin community is split after leaked messages alleged Luke Dashjr backed a controversial hard fork.

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Markets

Bitcoin Edges Higher, ETH Rebounds Above $4k as Sentiment Slips Into 'Fear' Territory

PCE inflation data matched analyst expectations, but leaves policymakers balancing sticky inflation with a softer labor market, Sygnum Bank's CIO noted.

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Finance

Softbank, Cathie Wood's Ark Among Potential Investors in Tether Fundraising: Report

The USDT stablecoin issuer is reportedly looking to raise up to $20 billion at a valuation of $500 billion, which would make it one of the most valuable private companies in the world.

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Markets

Avalanche's AVAX Extends Weekly Losses to 18% as Institutional Backing Fails to Lift Market

AVAX tumbled alongside the rest of the crypto market, extending a weeklong slide despite Anthony Scaramucci-backed AVAX One’s rebrand.

AVAX slides further in the past 24 hours.