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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Markets

BONK Jumps 4% as Institutional Activity Signals Growing Solana Confidence

Institutional capital and Solana ecosystem growth fuel optimism for memecoin utility.

BONK, Aug. 28 2025 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Startup M0 Raises $40M Series B as VCs Pile Into Stablecoins: Report

M0, which has now raised almost $100 million in capital do far, declined to disclose its valuation in the funding round

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Markets

Nvidia Shares Edge Lower After Earnings Beat; Cryptocurrencies Little-Changed

Bitcoin and other cryptos showed some volatility, but were mostly flat in the minutes following the report.

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Markets

Cardano Gains 2%, Shrugs Off ETF Delay

ADA rallied to $0.87 on surging volume, ignoring the SEC’s pause on Grayscale’s ETF and hinting at institutional interest.

Cardano’s ADA token climbed 3% to $0.87 in the past 24 hours, according to CoinDesk Analytics data.

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Nvidia Earnings Loom Large, With Bitcoin Traders Eyeying Correlation

The options market is braced for a $270 billion swing as Nvidia results approach.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (Nvidia)

Markets

Hut 8 Maps 'Path to Monetization' of Energy Assets as Bitcoin Mining Carve-Out Nears: Benchmark

Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer hiked his Hut 8 price target to $36 from $33, while reiterating his buy rating on the stock.

Hut 8 plant

Finance

Aave Labs Debuts Horizon to Let Institutions Borrow Stablecoins Against Tokenized Assets

The platofrm allows borrowing Circle's USDC, Ripple's RLUSD and Aave's GHO against a selection of tokenized funds, making real-world assets useful capital.

(Christian Dubovan/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

XRP Jumps 6% to Top Market Gainers as Bitcoin Retakes $111K

Solana, dogecoin, and ether also rallied, while CME crypto futures hit $30B in open interest, signaling growing institutional demand.

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Finance

Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 Surges 10% on 1.5GW Expansion Plans

Investment bank Roth Capital said the move had the potential to "materially re-rate the stock."

A Hut 8 mining facility (hut8.io)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Gemini Introduces Ether and Solana Staking for All U.K. Customers

This follows Gemini’s opening of its first permanent office in London, highlighting the company’s effort to expand its presence in the region.

Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss at White House (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)