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

Tether Profits Topped $10B in First Nine Months of Year; Starts Share Buyback Program

The stablecoin issuer saw strong growth in the third quarter, reporting a $17 billion increase in circulating USDT and $135 billion exposure to U.S. Treasuries.

Tether USDT (CoinDesk)

Markets

Filecoin Rises Over 4%, Rebounding From Thursday's Drop

FIL has support at the $1.48 level and resistance at $1.52.

"Filecoin Rises 2% to $1.51 with Institutional Accumulation Amid Storage Sector Uncertainty"

Markets

Core Scientific Upgraded to Outperform Following Failed CoreWeave Merger: Macquarie

The bitcoin miner turned AI infrastructure play has more than 50% upside, said the bank.

Core Scientific's Marble facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)

Finance

Brazil’s OranjeBTC Joins Wave of Struggling Crypto Treasury Firms Turning to Buybacks

The move is part of a growing trend among DAT companies, including ETHZilla, Metaplanet, Sequans, and Empery Digital.

(Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

Inflation Still Too High — Fed's Jeff Schmid Explains His Vote Not to Cut Rates This Week

The Kansas City Fed President said lower rates can't do a lot to improve what he calls "structural changes" in the labor market.

Federal Reserve logo highlighted on a U.S. banknote (joshua-hoehne/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Solana Tumbles 8%, Erasing All Year-Over-Year Gains as Spot ETF Debuts Fail to Boost Price

One onchain observer noted a large transaction by Jump Crypto, speculating that the crypto firm might be rotating SOL into BTC, perhaps weighing on sentiment.

Solana price (CoinDesk)

Markets

Strategy Posted EPS of $8.42 in Q3 Driven by Mark-to-Market Gains on Bitcoin

Bitcoin's action of late hasn't been great, but the price did rise nearly 7% in the three months ended September 30, boosting reported profits for Michael Saylor's firm.


Markets

Bitcoin Could Tumble Back to $88K: Glassnode

The analytics firm warns that Bitcoin’s failure to reclaim the $113K cost basis may lead to a far deeper retracement amid long-term holder selling and fragile sentiment.

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Markets

Crypto Asset Manager Bitwise Makes Case for Solana’s Next Big Run

Solana is well-positioned to capture a growing share of the stablecoin and tokenization boom, the investment firm said.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan (CoinDesk Archives)

Tech

The Graph Builders, Edge & Node, Unveil “ampersend” Dashboard to Manage AI Agent Payments

The founding team behind The Graph debuts a new platform to unify payments, policies, and visibility for autonomous agents.

(Possessed Photography/Unsplash)