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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No change in bitcoin holdings as Strategy boosted dollar reserve, bought back more STRC last week

Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, the company raised $333.7 million via the sale of common stock.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk Television)

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Live updates: Bitcoin rises above $64,000 as big AI compute deals continue to roll in

Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a near halt as the 60-day truce lapses with no deal, reviving the oil-price risk that has capped crypto all summer. ETF flows, meanwhile, are quietly turning.

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The $11.2 billion in 2026 funding that killed crypto’s permissionless era

Dubai-based crypto lawyer Irina Heaver and her team parsed every crypto deal in the first half of 2026. BlackRock, Goldman, and Persian Gulf sovereigns all wrote checks to regulated firms.

Money cash. U.S. dollars. (Logan Voss/Unsplash)

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Tokenization stocks slip as SEC delay puts 'speed bump' in crypto’s Wall Street push

Bullish, Coinbase, and Circle were among the names lower on Friday after the regulatory setback.

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Strategy says MSCI should measure markets, not dictate corporate assets

The bitcoin treasury company said index providers should measure markets rather than determine which assets public companies are allowed to own.

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

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Israel’s largest bank to offer crypto trading with Galaxy

Bank Leumi customers will be able to trade bitcoin, ether and solana through the bank’s investment app from early 2027.

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Live updates: Bitcoin slips back to $63,000; MSCI threatens to exclude Strategy from indices

WTI crude tops $82 a barrel, adding inflation pressure and weighing on risk assets as bond yields rise.

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Bullish shares surge 14% as subscription revenue offsets digital asset slowdown

Bullish's second-quarter loss of $280 million was mostly attributable to a $244.6 million markdown on the company’s bitcoin holdings.

Tom Farley, CEO of Bullish, and Lynn Martin, President of the New York Stock Exchange, speak at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk.(Shutterstock/CoinDesk/Suzanne Cordiero)

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Live updates: Bitcoin slips back even as Fed rate hike expectations dwindle

An in-depth analysis of the U.S. CPI released Wednesday suggests the underlying price pressures remain sticky.

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Is Clarity's delay a blessing in disguise?: State of Crypto

The crypto industry is angry and disappointed that the Senate is not holding a procedural vote on the Clarity Act this month, but that isn't the worst possible outcome.

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)