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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Finanças

Michael Saylor's Strategy Makes Massive $2.4B Bitcoin Purchase With Preferred Stock Sale Proceeds

The firm days ago sold nearly $2.5 billion of its new preferred series, dubbed STRC or "stretch," and quickly deployed the funds into BTC.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

Mercados

DOGE, SOL and XRP Lead Altcoin Losses as Rate Jitters and Leverage Unwind Hit Crypto

Heavy declines across altcoins extended into a second week, while bitcoin and ether showed relative strength amid growing macro uncertainty.

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EToro Plans to Tokenize U.S. Stocks on Ethereum in Blockchain Push

The move is part of the firm's broader push towards enabling 24/7 trading with all kinds of assets using blockchain rails.

Magnifying glass over Etoro logo

Política

Hong Kong Releases Guidance on Strict Rules for Stablecoin Issuers

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority encouraged firms that are fully prepared to apply for a stablecoin license to do so by the end of September.

Hong Kong harbor during a sunrise (Manson Yim/Unsplash)

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Polkadot's DOT Slips 3% as Failed Recovery Attempts Signal Weakness

Support has been established in the $3.91-$3.93 range, with resistance between $4.03-$4.07.

"Polkadot (DOT) Price Declines 3% Amid Failed Recovery Attempts and Volatility"

Finanças

SharpLink Acquired 77K More ETH, Boosting Holdings Over $1.6B

The firm, led by Joesph Lubin, has emerged as one of the largest corporate ether holders since its pivot to a crypto treasury strategy.

Ethereum blockchain symbol abstract crystal

Mercados

BitMine Immersion Sets Up to $1B Buyback as Share Price Cools

The Tom Lee-led company signaled an intent to possibly repurchase stock should the share value decline below the net asset value of its ether holdings.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Mercados

Coinbase Reaps Growing Rewards from Circle Ties and USDC Economics: JPMorgan

In the first quarter of this year alone, Coinbase earned roughly $300 million in distribution payments from Circle, and that's just the start.

Coinbase app on a mobile phone screen.

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SUI Token Drops Nearly 6% After Brief Spike as Stronger U.S. Dollar Pressures Crypto Market

SUI reversed gains from an overnight rally amid a broader crypto sell-off and rising U.S. Dollar Index.

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BNB Token Rallies to Record High as CEA Industries Raises $500M for Treasury Strategy

Several listed companies announced plans to create BNB crypto treasuries recently, including CEA Industries (VAPE), teaming up with Binance founder CZ's family office.

Binance's former CEO, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (Photos from Smorshedi/Wikimedia Commons and CoinDesk/Flickr, modified by CoinDesk)