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

Strategy's valuation has fallen below the value of its bitcoin holdings

For years, investors had valued the firm well above its bitcoin holdings, giving Strategy massive flexibility to raise capital as needed — a situation Michael Saylor and team took full advantage of.

Michael Saylor & James Van Straten (CoinDesk)

Markets

Aave, Solana ecosystem tokens lead crypto rebound as bitcoin steadies near $60,000

Tokenized stock trading fueled fresh momentum across the Solana ecosystem, while Aave founder hinted at token buybacks coming under new framework.

Stani Kulechov, Aave Labs (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. House Democrat, who may soon run key committee, condemns crypto in 401(k)s

Maxine Waters, the ranking Democrat on House Financial Services, asked the chief of the Department of Labor to withdraw its proposal on alternative assets.

U.S. Representative Maxine Waters (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

Finance

Wall Street's IPO revival hasn't reached dot-com euphoria levels, Goldman Sachs says

U.S. IPO issuance has rebounded sharply in 2026, but the bank said the current surge lacks the deal volume and speculative excess that defined the dot-com era.

Wall Street. (Chenyu Guan/Unsplash)

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Tech

Live markets: Bitcoin edges higher as U.S. stocks recover from big early losses

Markets are reassessing the certainty of one or more Fed rate hikes this year.

Trading screen with price monitors and charts (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)

Finance

Asset management giant Invesco files for tokenized fund targeting stablecoin reserve market

The $2.5 trillion asset manager deepens its blockchain push after taking over Superstate's tokenized money market fund as fund manager earlier this year.

Entrance to the Invesco QQQ lounge

Tech

Coinbase's Base blockchain resumes after two-hour outage disrupted network

The incident temporarily halted transaction processing on one of Ethereum's largest layer-2 networks.

Abstract blockchain networks illustration with glowing cubes representing digital assets

Markets

Bitcoin tumbles to new multi-year low of $58,000, but a short-squeeze setup emerges

Derivatives markets signal that betting on further slide in prices is getting overcrowded, setting up for a potential snapback.

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Tech

Live markets: Bitcoin settles in under $60,000

Strategy's common stock hit a multi-year low, while its STRC preferred stock plunged to a new record low.

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Markets

Bitcoin falls below $60,000 as AI trade continues to draw investor interest and capital

South Korean memory chip giant on Wednesday filed to raise nearly $30 billion in a U.S. offering.

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