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

SpaceX tops Wall Street revenue forecast, posts $540 million loss on bitcoin holdings

Elon Musk's space company posted its first earnings as a public company ahead of a major insider share unlock.

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk

Markets

Bitcoin’s $63,000 zone emerges as key battleground for buyers: Glassnode

Retail investors and large whales are buying as bitcoin trades near its 200-week moving average.

URPD (Glassnode)

Finance

Dinari brings tokenized U.S. stocks to American investors as equity race heats up

The move brings the custodial tokenization model to eligible U.S. investors as competition over blockchain-based equities intensifies.

Dinari co-founder and CEO Gabe Otte (Dinari)

Finance

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Live updates: Bitcoin stuck in tight range as risk assets soar on Iran deal hopes

Japan may have spent as much as $36.6 billion buying yen in the first joint US-Japan action to support the currency since 1998. Bitget Wallet’s Alvin Kan says it can slow a disorderly slide without reversing the broader trend.

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U.S.-Japan intervention revives yen carry trade fears for bitcoin

Coordinated action sent the yen sharply higher, but bitcoin’s recent correlation suggests U.S. dollar strength, rather than the carry trade, may be the bigger risk.

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

Finance

BlackRock expands tokenized cash with new blockchain-based money market offerings

Both funds intend to qualify as eligible reserve assets for permitted U.S. payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act.

BlackRock logo on a stone block

Finance

Tom Lee's Bitmine bought more ether, added to stock buyback last week

Chairman Tom Lee said ether's outperformance versus the Nasdaq in July signals strengthening crypto fundamentals.

Tom Lee, chairman of Bitmine and cofounder of Fundstrat, speaking at Consensus 2026 in Miami (CoinDesk)

Markets

Strategy sold another $105 million of bitcoin last week, repurchased $81.2 million of STRC

The company trimmed bitcoin holdings by 1,638 coins, while raising $290.6 million with sales of common stock.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk Television)

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Finance

Live updates: Bitcoin flirts with $64,000 as stocks start strong in August

ARP Digital’s Yusuf Fakhro said bitcoin’s weakness reflects stalled participation more than forced selling, with ETF flows turning negative, CME open interest back at 2023 levels and Strategy idle for a fifth straight week.

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Strategy holds STRC dividend at 12%

Customarily, Michael Saylor and team have lifted the STRC dividend when it trades sizably below par, but not this month.

Michael Saylor