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

Trump Media moved but 'did not sell' $205 million in bitcoin amid rising losses on crypto bets

DJT’s bitcoin strategy remains under pressure as the company sits on hundreds of millions in unrealized crypto losses and widening quarterly deficits.

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Tech

Satoshi’s 1.1 million bitcoin and millions more can be saved from quantum attack, says expert

Researchers at the privacy-centric blockchain startup say their multi-layer quantum defense will feature a soft fork to freeze and protect dormant BTC.

AmericanFortress CEO (AmericanFortress)

Markets

Live markets: Yet another Iran peace deal and Mark Cuban sells his bitcoin

Hyperliquid's HYPE is the outlier in crypto, rising 16.5% over the past 24 hours to a new record high.

Bitcoin

Markets

Bitcoin's long-term holder supply approaches record high, breaking multi-year downtrend

Long-term holder supply has surged by more than 2 million coins to 16.3 million BTC during the current bear market.

Long/Short Term Holder Supply (CheckonChain)

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Finance

Stablecoins retain the edge over tokenized money market funds, JPMorgan says

The bank said tokenized money market funds account for only about 5% of the broader stablecoin universe despite offering yield.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in London

Markets

Elon Musk's SpaceX held 18,712 bitcoin at fair value of $1.29 billion at end of Q1, IPO filing shows

The rocket and satellite company is looking to go public at a valuation of more than $1.5 trillion.

CoinDesk

Markets

Securitize posts record revenue in the first quarter as it gears up for public listing

The tokenization platform reported record quarterly revenue but continued to post losses as it invested in growth and public-company preparations tied to its merger with Cantor Equity Partners II.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo (Securitize)

Markets

Why Trump's bitcoin ETF plans likely collapsed before getting off the ground

Trump Media withdrew its bitcoin ETF filing as analysts pointed to fee pressure, weak demand and fierce competition in the crowded spot bitcoin ETF market.

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Markets

Live markets: SpaceX files for massive IPO as Nvidia earnings beat Street expectations

Bitcoin is lower by more than 4% over the past week, but has remained in a very tight range around $77,000 for the last three days.

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk

Finance

Even a mountain of T-bills won't save Tether and Circle from a sudden liquidity crisis, expert says

The head of digital assets and tokenization at one of Germany’s largest asset managers said that USDT and USDC are not stablecoins, from his perspective.

Union Investment's Christoph Hock said that in his opinion USDT and USDC are not stablecoins and therefore pose great risks for investors. Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)