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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Finance

Sharps Technology Jumps 70% After Raising $400M for Solana Treasury

The fundraising drew investment from major crypto firms ParaFi, Pantera, FalconX, CoinFund and others.

A Solana booth at ethDenver (Danny Nelson)

Markets

Coinbase, Circle, Strategy, MARA Lead Crypto Stock Post-Rally Sell-Off

Monday's stock declines came following a fast plunge in cryptocurrency prices late Sunday.

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Markets

BNB-Focused Treasury Firm B Strategy Looks to Raise $1B With Backing From CZ's YZi Labs

The hoped-for U.S.-listed company will hold BNB and invest in the BNB ecosystem.

Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao in Rome in May 2022. (Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)

Markets

Grayscale Moves to Convert Avalanche Trust Into Spot ETF

The company's latest SEC filing would allow the Avalanche Trust to trade as a spot ETF with cash redemptions.

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Finance

Gemini Targets XRP Army With New Credit Card, Expands Ripple USD Use for U.S. Customers

Making preparations to go public, the firm — founded by the Winklevoss twins — is ramping up offerings.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss at the White House on July 18, 2025. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

BitMine's ETH Holdings Top 1.7M Tokens, With $562M of Buying Power Remaining

The firm's crypto and cash holdings rose to nearly $9 billion at one point Sunday prior to the plunge in crypto prices.

Screenshot of Tom Lee on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

Markets

Michael Saylor's Strategy Added 3,081 Bitcoin, Bringing Stack to Nearly 632.5K

The purchases last week were made at an average price of $115,829 each and mostly funded via sales of common stock.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor in 2021 (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Markets

ETHZilla Shares Plunge Almost 30% as Dilution Fears Overshadow $349M Ether Treasury

The rebranded crypto treasury firm disclosed a 74.8M share offering, sparking concerns even as it holds more than 82,000 ETH and $238M in cash.

Ether price chart on a smartphone screen (Cedrik Wesche/Unsplash)

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Markets

Powell Puts September Rate Cut in Play; Bitcoin Pushes Higher

The Fed chair, perhaps surprisingly, took a dovish tone in his remarks at Jackson Hole.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell dons reading glasses prior to Wednesday's press conference. (Federal Reserve, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Japan's SBI Holdings Joins Tokenized Stock Push With Startale Joint Venture

The financial conglomerate is building a blockchain platform for tokenized assets with Startale, the blockchain development firm that build Soneium with Sony.

Tokyo, Japan (Jaison Lin/Unsplash)