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

BitMine's ETH Holdings Near $5B After Latest Purchase; BMNR Tops Big Names in Trading Volume

The company aims to acquire 5% of all ether supply, worth around $25 billion at current prices.

Screenshot of Tom Lee on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

Markets

CEA Industries Becomes Largest Corporate Holder of BNB With $160M Buy

The acquisition comes shortly after the firm closed a $500 million private placement led by 10X Capital and YZi Labs.

A pair of hands resting on a keyboard with an iPad showing graphs and price quotes. (Kanchanara/Unsplash)

Markets

Michael Saylor's Strategy Adds $18M of Bitcoin on Five-Year Anniversary of First Purchase

Five years after going all-in on bitcoin, Strategy’s aggressive treasury strategy delivers outsized gains and reshapes corporate bitcoin adoption.

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy (Michael.com)

Markets

Aptos' APT Rises 7% as Bulls Take Control

Support has formed in the $4.61-$4.66 zone with resistance at the $4.72 level.

APT Surges 6.37% in Volatile 24-Hour Rally Ahead of Terminal Hour Reversal Amid Institutional Backing

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Markets

SEC Green Light on Liquid Staking Sends ETH Past $4K, Spurs Broad Staking and Layer-2 Rally

Regulatory clarity fuels surging prices across Ethereum’s staking ecosystem, with layer-2 tokens and optimistic rollup projects posting double-digit weekly gains.

ETH/USD (TradingView)

Markets

Coinbase Adds DEX Trading to U.S. Platform in Push Toward Becoming an ‘Everything App’

The crypto exchange adds on-chain DEX trading to its app, routing orders through aggregators like 0x and 1inch.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Markets

Ether Soars Above $4K for First Time Since December

At the same time, bitcoin is seeing flattish price action, pushing the ETH/BTC ratio to nearly its highest level of the year.

Nasa rocket (CoinDesk Archives)

Markets

Gold Futures Hit Record on U.S. Tariffs, Possibly Boosting Safe-Haven Case for Bitcoin

Gold’s surge has often preceded gains in BTC as both assets attract safe-haven flows during macro uncertainty.

Close-up of stacked gold bars. (Jingming Pan/Unsplash)

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Markets

Bitcoin Surges Past $117K as Trump Taps Stephen Miran for Federal Reserve

An executive order paving the way for crypto to be included in 401(k) plans is also helping boost prices on Thursday.

The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C.

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific’s Third Largest Shareholder Opposes CoreWeave Deal

Two Seas Capital has come out against Core Scientific's proposed all-stock acquisition by AI cloud provider CoreWeave.

Core Scientific facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)