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

OKX Offers 4.1% Yield on USDG as Stablecoin Competition Heats Up

OKX is responding to intensifying competition for stablecoin dominance, describing stablecoins as crypto's "connective tissue"

OKX founder Star Xu (OKX)

Finance

Anthony Scaramucci Involved as AgriFORCE One Rebrands to an AVAX Treasury Company; Shares Rise 132%

AgriFORCE (AGRI) is to be renamed AVAX One with plans to raise $550 million to pursue a Avalanche treasury strategy.

Avalanche token

Finance

PayPal Ventures Invests in Stable to Expand PYUSD Reach

The move will unlock new commerce use cases, particularly in emerging markets where dollar-based payments have the biggest impact.

Pile of cash. (Emilio Takas/Unsplash)

Finance

Plasma Unveils First Stablecoin-Native Neobank, Targeting Emerging Markets

The rollout comes ahead of Plasma’s mainnet beta launch on September 25.

Plasma (Ramon Salinero/Unsplash)

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Markets

Strive to Buy Semler Scientific in First Merger of Bitcoin Treasury Companies

The all-stock deal will have combined company holding nearly 11,000 bitcoin.

Business deal handshake (Radission US/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Strategy Added 850 Bitcoin for Nearly $100M Last Week

The relatively small purchase was mostly funded through common stock sales.

Strategy Executive Chaiman Michael Saylor (Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Gold vs Bitcoin: Performance Through the Lens of Money Supply

Gold has done well of late, but hasn't made a new high relative to broad money supply since 2011.

Gold vs (TradingView)

Tech

Internet Computer Bets Big on AI as Crypto Markets Play Catch-Up

This could be the beginning of a new tech stack — one in which AI, not humans, becomes the primary developer of applications, says Dfinity founder Dominic Williams.

Dfinity Chief Scientist Dominic Williams speaks at Consensus 2019.

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Markets

Crypto Gives Away Week's Gains in Friday Decline

Even with the pullback, bitcoin continues to make higher lows, a positive technical development.

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Markets

Bank of Japan's Historic ETF Unwind Sparks Market Sell-Off, Dip in Crypto

Threatening the $118,000 level hours earlier, bitcoin slipped back to the $116,000 area.

Close up of the red circle at the center of the Japanese flag. (DavidRockDesign/Pixabay)