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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Finans

Securitize tokenizes $295 million of its own stock on Solana and Avalanche amid NYSE debut

The newly-public company's shares are the largest issuer-sponsored tokenized stock at launch, aiming to make a point against rival third-party stock token issuers.

Securitize's Carlos Domingo (CoinDesk)

Piyasalar

U.S. payroll growth slowed sharply in June, with only 57,000 jobs added

This morning's data could slow market expectations for a Fed rate hike as soon as this summer or early Fall.

Jobs, hiring (Eric Prouzet/Unsplash)

Piyasalar

Jefferies warns against buying the dip in Circle as Open USD raises new competition fears

The investment bank said new competition from the Stripe- and Coinbase-backed stablecoin consortium could pressure USDC's growth.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Politika

Goliath Ventures CEO pleads guilty in $400 million crypto Ponzi case

Christopher Delgado allegedly used investor funds for a lavish lifestyle, including luxury properties and vehicles, while running a fraudulent scheme from 2023 to 2026.

Statue of Lady liberty (Tingey Injury Law Firm/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Piyasalar

What's next for Bitcoin and stocks? Analysts see a volatile second half

After AI drove equities higher while bitcoin lagged, market watchers expect macro policy and market structure to take center stage.

CoinDesk

Teknoloji

Live markets: bitcoin bounces to $60,000 after Warsh comments, economic data

Record ETF outflows in June beat the previous worst month by 29% and came on nine consecutive days of redemptions to close the period.

Price bounce (Getty Images)

Finans

Phantom doubles down on perpetual futures with hire of Hyperliquid market builders

The crypto wallet is doubling down on perpetual futures after hiring the builders behind one of Hyperliquid's highest-profile market experiments.

Phantom CEO Brandon Millman. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk))

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Finans

Circle craters 17% as Stripe, Coinbase and BlackRock back rival stablecoin network

Open Standard's Open USD aims to let partners keep reserve income and eliminate minting fees, challenging Circle's USDC.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle Speaks at Hong Kong Fintech Week in 2024 (HK Fintech Week)

Teknoloji

Live updates: bitcoin closes out weak quarter; Trump reports over $1 billion in crypto proceeds

IBIT alone shed $300 million while smaller funds absorbed some of the outflow. The selloff lands as the same AI trade that crashed Korea a week ago now powers a record quarterly rally there.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaking at Mar-a-Lago.