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

Ether Treasury Firm ETHZilla Sold $40M ETH to Fund Share Buyback Amid Discount to NAV

The maneuver highlights the pressure digital asset treasury stocks face, with many once-high-flying names now trading below the value of the crypto on their books.

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Markets

Saylor's Strategy the First Bitcoin Treasury Company Rated by Major Credit Agency

S&P Global assigned a B- rating to the company's debt, not exactly a ringing endorsement, but a rating nevertheless.

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Markets

Crypto Stocks Climb Alongside Bitcoin and Nasdaq on Chinese Trade Talk Optimism

Robinhood was leading among the exchanges and Trump-affiliated American Bitcoin was higher by 10% after adding to its bitcoin stack.

U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping (Thomas Peter-Pool/Getty Images)

Finance

Tom Lee's BitMine Immersion Added Another $320M in Ether, Bringing Overall Holdings Above $14B

The crypto investment firm now holds over 3.31 million ETH, moving closer to its goal of owning 5% of the token’s supply.

Screenshot of Tom Lee on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

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Finance

IBM Unveils Digital Asset Platform as Demand for Tokenization, Stablecoins Grows

The IBM Digital Asset Haven, developed with Dfns, aims to offer banks, governments and enterprises a full-stack platform for token custody, governance and compliance.

IBM (Danny Muller/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Treasury Company Strive Surges Additional 30%, Nearly Doubling in Two Sessions

A "cheap" valuation coupled with a tweet from a well-followed investor and a firming in the price of bitcoin set off the fireworks in the stock.

Strive CEO Matt Cole speaks at BTC Asia in Hong Kong (screenshot)

Markets

Filecoin Gives Back Most of Early Gains, Remains Barely Higher

The token has support at $1.625 and resistance in the $1.634-$1.685 zone.

Filecoin rises 1.95% to $1.63 amid 23% volume surge despite late selling pressure and market underperformance

Markets

BNB Jumps Over 3% After $1.69B Token Burn, Overtakes XRP's Market Cap

XRP now has a market cap of $157.6 billion, slightly behind of BNB's $161 billion.

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Markets

Bitcoin Treasury Firms Now Valued at Less Than Their BTC Holdings Amid Crumbled Sentiment

Sector giant Strategy (MSTR) still trades at a premium to its bitcoin stack, but maybe not for long if the trend continues.

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Policy

State of Crypto: Skinny Master Accounts and Stablecoins

Fed. Governor Waller's proposal could boost stablecoin firms in the U.S.

Fed rate cut looms. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)