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

Robinhood Pushes Deeper Into Crypto With Own Blockchain, Tokenized Stock Launch

The tokenized versions of U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs will first be available to EU users and issued on Arbitrum, with future plans to deploy them on on Robinhood's own blockchain.

Robinhood app on a smartphone (Shutterstock)

Markets

Popular Financial Adviser Ric Edelman Says Investors Should Allocate Up to 40% of Wealth to Crypto

The case for crypto adoption is far stronger now than even a few months ago, argued Edelman.

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Markets

BitMine Immersion Stock Triples as It Raises $250M for Ether Treasury, Adds Thomas Lee to Board

Among investors in the share offering were Founders Fund, Pantera, and FalconX.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Markets

Japan’s Answer to Strategy: Metaplanet Initiated With Buy Rating at Benchmark

Analyst Mark Palmer sees about 50% upside for the shares.

Tokyo, Japan (Jaison Lin/Unsplash)

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Markets

Michael Saylor's Strategy Added 4,980 Bitcoin Last Week, Bringing Stack to 597,325 Coins

The fresh acquisition was funded mostly through sales of common stock with sales of preferred shares accounting for a modest proportion.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor standing. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk))

Markets

Core Scientific Could Top $30 on CoreWeave Buyout Deal: Cantor Fitzgerald

A new Cantor Fitzgerald report argues that bitcoin miner Core Scientific is worth far more than the markets believe thanks to its strategic role in powering AI.

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Markets

Stablecoins Are the ‘Quiet Winners’ of Polymarket’s Surge: Coinbase Research

Polymarket’s growth fuels USDC demand, with stablecoins driving high-velocity settlement activity.

Shayne Coplan, CEO, Polymarket, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk).

Finance

Coinbase Sets U.S. Perpetual-Style Futures Launch as CEO Says Firm Is Buying Bitcoin Weekly

The crypto exchange's new derivatives offering is regulated by the CFTC and will mirror the functions of the increasingly popular perpetual contracts currently not available in the U.S.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

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Markets

Nasdaq Hits Record While Bitcoin, Gold Remain Under Pressure After Latest Macro Data

Though old news, U.S. inflation numbers from May were disappointing.

Nasdaq 100 (TradingView)

Markets

AVAX Breaks Out of Consolidation Phase

Strong technical indicators propel Avalanche’s token to test key short-term resistance levels.

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