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

Riot Platforms Gets Double Upgrade on AI Pivot as JPMorgan, Citi Hike Targets

Alongside, JPMorgan downgraded IREN and CleanSpark

Racks of crypto mining machines.

Markets

Chainlink's LINK Slips to 6-Week Low, but Potential Trend Shift Has Emerged

LINK is down nearly 28% since the August highs amid broader crypto weakness, but the $20 support line hints at a potential recovery.

LINK Price Dips 5% on High Volume Before Strong Bullish Recovery Above $20 Support

Markets

Cipher Mining Prices $1.1B Upsized Convertible Note Offering

Proceeds are intended to support Barber Lake buildout, HPC expansion, and capped call transactions to reduce share dilution.

CIFR (TradingView)

Markets

Crypto Liquidations Top $1B as Bitcoin, Ether, Solana Sell-Offs Worsen

Strategy (MSTR) plunged as much as 10% and is now lower year-to-date.

Bitcoin falls despite coming rate cuts (Unsplash)

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Finance

Centrifuge Launches Tokenized S&P 500 Index Fund on Coinbase's Base Network

The SPXA offering is the first blockchain-based index fund licensed by the S&P Dow Jones Indices.

Centrifuge CEO Bhaji Illuminati (Centrifuge)

Finance

Cloudflare Unveils U.S. Dollar Stablecoin for AI-Powered Internet Economy

The cloud company said the token, dubbed NET Dollar, will enable instant, global transactions for autonomous agents online.

BTC faces "cloud resistance." (geralt/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Falls Below $111K, Crypto Stocks Plunge as GDP Revision Dampens Rate Cut Odds

The U.S. economy grew 3.8% in the second quarter, much higher than previously reported, sending yields higher and risk assets lower.

Ether has fallen below a key bull market trendline.  (Eva Blue/Unsplash)

Finance

SharpLink Gaming Set to Tokenize Its Equity on Ethereum With Superstate

The Ethereum-focused treasury firm is also exploring compliant trading of tokenized shares on decentralized markets as part of its partnership with Superstate.

Joe Lubin speaking at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk/Suzanne Cordiero)

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Markets

Cipher Mining Stock Gains 5% on Google AI Hosting Deal

Tech giant to secure equity stake through long-term partnership with Fluidstack.

Bitcoin miners (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Edges Higher as Gold Bull Takes a Breather

Despite holding similar properties, gold and bitcoin have been moving in opposite directions of late.

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